Williams v. Conner

Plaintiffs, Terry L. Williams, now deceased, and Olen E. Morgan, appeal from the June 26, 1990, judgment entered by the circuit court of Franklin County on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Jerry L. Conner. Plaintiffs further appeal from the denial by the circuit court of their post-trial motion on February 4, 1991.

Plaintiffs alleged in their complaints that they were injured on August 8, 1987, as pedestrians when they were struck by an automobile driven by defendant, as they were crossing Illinois Route 154 approximately 57 feet east of Maple Street in Sesser, Franklin County, Illinois.…