Mulvey v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death action. Plaintiff raises two issues on appeal: (I) whether in an action for wrongful death the remarriage of the surviving spouse prior to trial may be disclosed to the jury; (2) whether defense counsel’s conduct during the course of the trial and in closing argument was so improper as to require a new trial. Plaintiff does not claim that the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

On the evening of July 8, 1963, Thomas Mulvey, decedent, was driving east on a two lane highway when he was struck…