ROGERS v. IMERI

Docket No. 115860.

999 N.E.2d 340 (2013)

2013 IL 115860

376 Ill. Dec. 457

Roy Dean ROGERS II, et al., Appellees, v. Gani IMERI, Indiv. and d/b/a Johnny's Bar and Grill, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh C. Griffin , of Hall, Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, of Chicago, and Jon R. Shelton , of Shelton & Madrid, LLC, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Christopher A. Koester , of Taylor Law Offices, P.C., of Effingham, for appellees.

Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, L.L.C., of Chicago ( John K. Kennedy , of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The sole issue in this appeal is whether, in a Dramshop Act case where a bar owner is defended by the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund (the Fund), the reduction for "other insurance" recoveries under section 546(a) of the Illinois Insurance Code (hereinafter, the Guaranty Fund statute) (215 ILCS 5/546(a) (West 2012)) applies against the jury's verdict or against the bar owner...

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