Muscarello v. Peterson

PRESIDING! JUSTICE SOLFISBURG!

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained on June 5, 1955, by Catherine M. Muscarello, a six-year old child, when her father’s automobile in which she was riding was struck at an intersection in Lake County, Ulinois, by the automobile operated by the defendant, Elaine Peterson. The case was tried before a jury which returned a verdict for the plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $2,000. Judgment was entered on the verdict, plaintiff filed her post-trial motion for a new trial, which was denied, and this…