Opinion
Gen. No. 9,833. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed July 8, 1943
AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES, § 125 — when verdict for motorist running into rear of stalled truck against manifest weight of evidence. In action to recover for personal injuries and property damages resulting from collision between plaintiff's automobile and defendant's truck, where it appeared that plaintiff's car traveling at about 45 miles per hour collided with rear of defendant's truck stalled on road, and witnesses testified that as they approached scene of accident they saw red flares burning in traffic lane behind the truck visible for 700 feet, held verdict for plaintiff was against manifest weight of the evidence.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Du Page county; the Hon. WIN G. KNOCH, Judge, presiding.
Reversed and remanded. Heard in this court at the May term, 1943.
Weaver Weaver and Gardner, Carton Douglas, for appellant;
Harry G. Weaver, Erwin W. Roemer and James A. Velde, of counsel;
Rathje Woodward and William E. Hooper, for appellee;
John S. Woodward and William E. Hooper, of counsel.
Not to be published in full. Opinion filed July 8, 1943.