Bunch v. Padva

Mr. Presiding Justice Lews

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $10,000 entered" on the verdict of a jury in a suit brought under the Injuries Act to recover damages resulting from the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate Ronald K. Bunch. Defendants’ motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were overruled.

The essential facts are uncontroverted. At about 5:30 p. m. on November 25, 1944, plaintiff’s intestate Ronald K. Bunch, aged ten, accompanied by his younger brother and sister, aged…