LaPook v. City of Chicago

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• noting that a plaintiff can be bound only to the issues the jury’s special interrogatory actually determines
• noting, a plaintiff is bound only to those issues actually decided by the jury’s special interrogatory
• a “special interrogatory should be 14 No. 1-19-2499 read together with the jury instructions to determine how the interrogatory was understood by the jury and whether there was any confusion.”
• a party may waive an objection to the form of a special interrogatory by not specifically challenging it at the jury instructions conference, but not the question of whether the special interrogatory is inconsistent with the general verdict

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