Civil procedure — directed verdict

By Patricia Manson pmanson@lawbulletinmedia.com

For the Defense

By Donald P. Eckler

Donald “Pat” Eckler is a partner at Freeman, Mathis, & Gary LLP, focusing on professional liability defense, insurance coverage litigation, and general tort defense. He is the secretary/treasurer of Illinois Defense Counsel. Eckler also is the co-host of the Podium and Panel podcast with Daniel Cotter. His views are his own and not those of his firm or its clients.

Posted November 30, 2023 11:25 AM

Where the circuit court improperly excludes multiple relevant pieces of evidence from the plaintiff and then grants a directed verdict for the defendant, the directed verdict cannot be proper.The 2nd District Appellate Court vacated a decision and remanded for new trial a case from Kane County Circuit Judge Kevin T. Busch.William C. Murphy (Murphy) graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law for almost 70 years, for several decades with the firm of Kinnally Flaherty Krentz Loran Hodge & Masur P.C. (Kinnally …

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