The Illinois Appellate Court 4th District recently reversed a McLean County Circuit Court judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff after it found that the trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict due to a lack of duty and causation.The case is McKinney vs. Hobart Brothers Co., Nos. 4-17-0333 (4th Dist. 2018).Charles McKinney sued Hobart Brothers Co. and various other defendants after he contracted mesothelioma. McKinney had been an automobile mechanic where he …