{"id":3173,"date":"2014-02-24T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:52:46","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-1-5-million-verdict-injured-roofing-worker-protest-jury-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-1-5-million-verdict-injured-roofing-worker-protest-jury-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.5 Million Verdict for Injured Roofing Worker Over Protest About Jury Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A Cook County jury returned a verdict for $1.5 million for Teodoro Ramirez, who was injured while moving roofing materials above a warehouse.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The defendant construction company, FCL Builders Inc., requested on appeal from that verdict that the appellate court grant a new trial.<span>\u00a0<\/span>FCL argued that the Cook County circuit court judge gave erroneous jury instructions that made the verdict unfair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The appeals court found that the jury instructions did include error, but the court affirmed the ruling and verdict on the ground that the defendant did not suffer from the error.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>In other words, the error was harmless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It was an 84-page opinion written by appellate court Justice Robert E. 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