{"id":2800,"date":"2014-01-02T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:52:39","slug":"illinois-jury-verdict-upheld-even-though-trial-judge-erred-ramirez-v-fcl-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-verdict-upheld-even-though-trial-judge-erred-ramirez-v-fcl-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Jury Verdict Upheld Even Though Trial Judge Erred; Ramirez v. FCL Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Teodoro Ramirez was injured while working for his employer and subcontractor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sullivanroofing.com\/\">Sullivan Roofing<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The case was tried before a jury in Cook County against the general contractor on the project, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fclbuilders.com\/\">FCL Builders<\/a>.\u00a0At the end of the trial, the trial judge included Sullivan Roofing on the jury verdict form for apportioning fault under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs4.asp?ActID=2017&amp;ChapterID=56&amp;SeqStart=12400000&amp;SeqEnd=14900000\">Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, \u00a72-1117.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The jury\u2019s verdict of $1.588 million against FCL included a finding that Ramirez was 20 percent at fault for his own injuries while FCL and Sullivan were held to be 40 percent at fault each.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">FCL appealed, arguing that Sullivan Roofing should not have been on the verdict form.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-verdict-upheld-even-though-trial-judge-erred-ramirez-v-fcl-builders\/#more-2800\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teodoro Ramirez was injured while working for his employer and subcontractor, Sullivan Roofing.\u00a0The case was tried before a jury in Cook County against the general contractor on the project, FCL Builders.\u00a0At the end of the trial, the trial judge included Sullivan Roofing on the jury verdict form for apportioning fault under Illinois Code of Civil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[91,6,71,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appellate-procedure","category-construction-injuries","category-jury-instructions","category-work-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Jury Verdict Upheld Even Though Trial Judge Erred; Ramirez v. 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