Quirk v. Schramm

Mr. Presiding Justice Lewb

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdicts and judgments in favor of plaintiffs Mary Rose Quirk and Mary Ann Quirk, a minor, for $8,000 and $2, respectively, and against both defendants. Defendants’ motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and, in the alternative, for a new trial were overruled. Defendants appeal.

On January 1, 1945, between 7:00 and 7:30 p. m., Raymond Quirk was driving his 1941 Plymouth automobile north on Western avenue in the City…