Corsello v. Warren

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, Frank Corsello and Venera Corsello, his daughter-in-law, appeal from verdicts and judgments in their favor in their tort action, on the ground that the damages awarded are so patently inadequate as to be against the manifest weight of the evidence and to require a new trial.

The facts of the occurrence are undisputed. On December 12, 1960, at about 8:30 a. m., plaintiff Frank Corsello stopped his automobile at a train crossing. He was driving, and seated in the front seat with him were his son, Salvatore, and his…