Drehle v. Fleming

Daisy Drehle, administrator of the estate of Carl W. Drehle, brought this wrongful death action in the circuit court of Will County against Frances Fleming, administrator of the estate of Michael Fleming. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, judgment was entered on the verdict, and the plaintiff’s amended post-trial motion was denied. The appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial (129 Ill.App.2d 166), and we granted leave to appeal.

The new trial was granted by the appellate court on the ground that newly discovered evidence, which would have had a strong likelihood of…