Stanley v. Board of Trustees

This cause is before the court on Respondent’s motion for directed verdict at the close of Claimant’s case in chief. Respondent’s position is that the evidence adduced by Claimant during its case in chief, even when viewed in the light most favorable to Claimant, does not establish a prima facie case of negligence.

Claimant filed her claim against the board of trustees of the University of Illinois alleging a breach of contract and negligence in the treatment of her horse, Sylvan Motaj, an Arabian gelding during a lameness examination which was performed on the horse.

At the end of March 1981,…