Lindsay v. Appleby

Defendants, Lloyd Appleby and Chrysler Corporation, appeal from judgments of the Circuit Court of Kane County awarding plaintiff, Jane W. Lindsay, $265,000 as damages for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision and awarding her husband, Gregory Lindsay, $10,000 for loss of consortium. Defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for directed verdicts and for judgment n.o.v.; the admission and exclusion of evidence; certain instructions given to the jury; prejudicial argument by plaintiff’s counsel; and that the verdicts were excessive.

The accident occurred at 8:15 p.m. on…