Brown v. Decatur Memorial Hospital

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS,

specially concurring:

On procedural grounds, this case should be affirmed.

To my view, plaintiff has not properly preserved his issues for review in this court. And he must first gain admittance before he can be heard. This he failed to do.

In citing alleged errors below, the post-trial motion merely said:

“(5) The Court refused to give Plaintiffs tendered instructions 9,11 and 16.(6) The Court gave, over objection of the Plaintiff, Defendant’s tendered instructions 2, 3 and 4.”

Section 68.1(2) of the Civil Practice Act not only dictates that a post-trial motion “must contain the…