{"id":1987,"date":"2013-08-26T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2013-08-26T09:53:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T14:53:42","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-trial-judges-refusal-to-submit-special-interrogatory-to-jury-goranowski-v-northeast-illinois-regional-commuter-rr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-trial-judges-refusal-to-submit-special-interrogatory-to-jury-goranowski-v-northeast-illinois-regional-commuter-rr\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Judge\u2019s Refusal to Submit Special Interrogatory to Jury; Goranowski v. 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In his suit, he also stated that \u00a0the railroad was negligent in choosing not to provide a reasonably safe work environment and for choosing not to provide sufficient assistance to Goranowski to install the door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Before the start of the trial, the defendant, <a href=\"http:\/\/metrarail.com\/metra\/en\/home.html\">Metra<\/a>, asked the trial judge to submit a special interrogatory to the jury that asked the question:<span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cDid Metra use ordinary care to provide plaintiff with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Cook County judge agreed with Goranowski\u2019s objection that the special interrogatory was defective because it covered only one of the many different allegations of negligence.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Metra refused to submit a revised special interrogatory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Goranowski received a $545,000 jury verdict, which was reduced to $272,500 based upon the jury\u2019s finding that Goranowski was 50% at fault for his own injuries.<span>\u00a0<\/span>In any event, Metra appealed to the Illinois Appellate Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-trial-judges-refusal-to-submit-special-interrogatory-to-jury-goranowski-v-northeast-illinois-regional-commuter-rr\/#more-1987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarence Goranowski filed a lawsuit against Metra under the Federal Employers\u2019 Liability Act (FELA) alleging that he was injured while reinstalling the door on the railcar\u2019s bathroom without assistance. 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