The civil justice system relies on juries to find the facts of a case and render a verdict. Based upon that verdict, which comes from the Latin verus meaning “truth,” the trial court enters a judgment by applying the law to those facts found by the jury.Last year, the Illinois General Assembly effectively eliminated special interrogatories through Public Act 101-84, and in doing so, upended a century and a half of Illinois precedent and tradition. See Pittsburgh, C., C. & St. L.R. Co. v. Smith, 207 Ill. 486, 490-91 …