Le'gall V. Lewis County

This is a negligence case. We conclude that (1) the trial court correctly included a nonparty in the special verdict form; (2) the trial court's references to the nonparty in the special verdict form confused the jury; (3) the trial court's incorrect proximate cause instruction did not mislead the jury or prejudice the claimants; (4) the trial court's inclusion of a Seppi instruction in the special verdict form was sufficient; (5) the trial court correctly refused to give a res ipsa loquitur instruction; (6) the trial court correctly refused to give an instruction on the Life Safety Code; and (7) whether the negligence of the nonparty and an alleged tortfeasor should have been combined was not preserved for appeal.