Mazurek v. Crossley Construction Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Kenneth Mazurek appeals from the circuit court’s declining to set aside a verdict which denied the liability of Crossley Construction Company (Crossley) and Turner Construction Company (Turner) (collectively, defendants) for injuries Mazurek sustained in an accident at a construction site. Mazurek claims that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence and that he was denied a fair trial by Crossley’s: (1) improper opening and closing arguments; (2) implicit suggestion during its questioning of a witness that Mazurek…