Knapik v. Stefek’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"* * * we find it was charged in the declaration that defendant with force of arms, maliciously and violently assaulted the plaintiff. Another paragraph charges that defendant with great force and violence, shook and pulled about the plaintiff and knocked him down to and upon the cement floor of plaintiff's place of business, and violently and maliciously kicked the plaintiff, and also with malice damaged plaintiff's clothes. While the special interrogatory may cover the issue as to the malicious conduct of defendant, it does not cover the charge that defendant knocked plaintiff down. The general verdict is responsive to the issue raised by this charge and is not inconsistent with the answer to the special interrogatory, which presented the question whether the defendant wilfully and maliciously injured the plaintiff."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Ill. App. 3d 1018 - Cohen v. Sager