Meyer v. Polivat
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a personal injury suit in which the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The plaintiff’s motion for new trial was allowed on the sole ground that an instruction tendered by plaintiff was erroneous or misleading. The defendants’ petition for leave to appeal was granted by this court.
It is well settled law that a party cannot complain of errors which he has committed, invited, or induced the court to make, or to which he has consented. City of Waukegan v. Stanczak, 6 Ill.2d 594, 608; Johnson v. Luhman, 333 Ill. App. 418,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Waukegan v. StanczakIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
- Conover v. Wabash Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1917
- Johnson v. LuhmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1948
- Warren v. JacksonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
- Kresin v. Brotherhood of American YeomenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1920
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- Panos v. McMahonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
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