Packaging Corp. of America v. DeRycke

LaROSE, Judge.

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) and its insurers appeal the final judgment awarding $5,165,413 in damages plus $400,000 in attorney’s fees and $110,000 in costs to Gayle DeRycke as personal representative of the Estate of Douglas DeRycke. We find merit in PCA’s arguments that the trial court erred in directing a liability verdict against PCA, in refusing to allow disclosure to the jury of a conditional settlement agreement, in denying PCA’s motion to offset damages with sums obtained from a collateral source, and in awarding attorney’s fees to Mrs. DeRycke. We affirm,…