Snyder v. Curran Township

Following a trial in the circuit court of Sangamon County, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Norma L. Snyder for personal injuries she sustained in an automobile accident. Defendant, Curran Township, filed a post-trial motion for a judgment n.o.v. or, in the alternative, for a new trial, which the circuit court denied. The appellate court reversed the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion, finding that the defendant owed no duty to the plaintiffs as a matter of law. (267 Ill. App. 3d 174.) We granted plaintiffs’ petition for leave to appeal (145 Ill. 2d R. 315) to address…