Alexander v. Leihenseder

Plaintiff, Gladys Dean Alexander, filed suit in Peoria County against Florence Leihenseder to recover damages for personal injury and property damage based on defendant’s negligence. The action resulted from a collision between plaintiff’s southbound automobile and defendant’s westbound automobile at the intersection of Allen Street and First Street in Peoria, Illinois. Plaintiff called the defendant to testify as an adverse witness and elicited from her that the presence of parked cars, trees, shrubs and a house at the intersection where the accident occurred blocked defendant’s vision of…