Buer v. Hamilton

This cause comes to this court on a petition for leave to appeal. Doris Buer, plaintiff brought her suit for personal injuries against Anne Hamilton, for injuries caused by a collision between tbe vehicles of tbe plaintiff and defendant at an intersection in Granite City, Illinois. Plaintiff sued for $15,000. Trial was bad before a jury in tbe City Court of Granite City, and tbe jury returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff and assessed her damages at $2,000. Plaintiff thereafter filed her post-trial motion to vacate tbe judgment and to grant a new trial on tbe ground that tbe damages allowed by…