Bekele v. Ngo

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This negligence action arose out of a traffic accident between the operators of a bicycle and a car. Plaintiff, Demme (David) Bekele, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Hanna Hailu, appeals from the judgment entered in favor of defendant, Ronald Ngo, following a bench trial and from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial.

Defendant has not filed an appellee brief, but we are authorized to decide this case under First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp. (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 128, 345 N.E.2d 493.

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