Where a defendant in a civil case is also a defendant in a criminal matter stemming from the same set of operative facts, he has no absolute right not to be forced to choose between testifying and invoking Fifth Amendment privileges, and a civil trier of fact is permitted to draw adverse from the invocation of Fifth Amendment privilege by the defendant.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision of Cook County Associate Judge Michael F. Otto.Universal Metro Asian Services Association (Universal Metro) is an …