Hisle v. Balkcom

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In this action by a guest, Alpha Hisle, against her host, Robert Balkcom, to recover damages for personal injuries under the Illinois guest law a jury has awarded the plaintiff $12,500. The essentially meritorious question upon the defendant’s appeal is whether reasonable minds could differ as to the substantiality and probative force of the evidence adduced; specifically, whether from a favorable view of the circumstances a jury could find that plaintiff’s injuries and “such accident shall have been caused by the wilful and wanton misconduct of the driver or operator of…