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In a 2-1 decision, the Illinois Appellate Court reversed a judgment that resulted in a $1 million verdict in punitive damages and a $163,327 in compensatory damages. The suit was brought against Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co.<\/a> for reckless conduct that allegedly caused a motor vehicle crash, injuring Fletcher McQueen.\u00a0 It was alleged that McQueen was injured because (1) Pan-Oceanic conceded it was liable for any negligence by its employee, Lavonta M. Green, and (2) the jury decided Green was not negligent.<\/p>\n

Justice Mary L. Mikva dissented because she relied on the line of cases supplied by the majority \u2013 which concluded that \u201conce an employer admits responsibility under respondeat superior, a plaintiff may not proceed against the employer on another theory of imputed liability such as negligent entrustment or negligent hiring,\u201d Gant v. LU Transport Inc.<\/em>, 331 Ill.App.3d 924 (2002) \u2013 \u201cas being at odds with several well-reasoned decisions of this court.\u201d<\/p>\n

And even if Gant<\/em> should be followed, Justice Mikva believed \u201cthe majority unnecessarily and unfairly extends application of the rule in that case beyond its principled parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a 2-1 decision, the Illinois Appellate Court reversed a judgment that resulted in a $1 million verdict in punitive damages and a $163,327 in compensatory damages. The suit was brought against Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co. for reckless conduct that allegedly caused a motor vehicle crash, injuring Fletcher McQueen.\u00a0 It was alleged that McQueen was injured […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[183,22,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agency","category-illinois-civil-procedure","category-jury-instructions"],"yoast_head":"\nIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff Based Upon an Admission of Negligence Under the 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