Bogut v. Jannetta

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

This appeal questions whether appellant is entitled to a new trial on the issue of damages, based on the jury’s failure to award appellant any damages, even though the jury found that appellant suffered permanent injury as a result of a 1980 automobile accident. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Respondent James W. Bogut commenced a personal injury action against appellant Carol Ann Brogmus Jannetta and her employer, the Chicago Northwestern Transportation Company, as a result of a motor vehicle collision in May 1980. Appellant counterclaimed, alleging that she suffered…