Legal Opinion
Valiulis v. Scheffels
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 4, 1989No. 2-89-0085PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The litigation in the case at bar arose from a collision between an automobile driven by Peter Valiulis and a Rockford police car driven by Officer Milo Scheffels, Jr., on June 30, 1983. Steven Falls, a passenger in the Valiulis car, filed suit against Valiulis, Scheffels, and the City of Rockford (City). Valiulis filed suit against Scheffels and the City. The two cases were consolidated for a trial. The trial court entered a directed verdict in favor of Scheffels and the City in both cases, and the jury entered an award in favor of Falls and against Valiulis, in the amount of $2 million.…
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- Buckler v. Sinclair Refining Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Greenberg v. Michael Reese HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
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