Graves v. Wornson

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Whiteside County, Illinois, entered after a jury trial. The jury had rendered a verdict of not guilty in favor of both defendants and against both plaintiffs.

Suit had been filed against the defendants, David L. Womson, a semitrailer truck driver, and J. I. Case Company, his employer, by Nancy Jo Graves for her personal injuries and by First National Bank of Sterling, as administrator of the estate of Donna J. DeGraffenreid, deceased, for her wrongful death.

On the morning of December 21, 1974, Graves was operating a motor vehicle on…