People v. Morris

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this matter, a judgment was entered in favor of defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case in a nonjury negligence action. The issue presented on appeal is whether the judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that it was in the exercise of ordinary care for the safety of a certain expressway light pole which was struck and damaged by defendant’s automobile; that defendant breached her duty to exercise ordinary care by operating her car at an excessive speed, by failing to keep a…