Nolan v. Elliott

Plaintiff, Jane A. Nolan, filed a negligence action against defendants, Donald R. Elliott and his employer, the City of Rochelle, after she was injured in an automobile accident in July 1984. The jury returned a verdict for both defendants and answered a special interrogatory finding plaintiff to be the sole proximate cause of the accident. Plaintiff’s post-trial motion was denied, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

On July 14, 1984, at approximately 1:30 p.m., plaintiff was driving her 1979 Ford station wagon east on Newburg Street in Rockford, IIlinois. She had picked up her sister and…