Burns v. Stouffer

Defendant, Charles R. Stouffer, is appealing from a judgment of the circuit court of Stephenson county entered on a jury verdict, in favor of plaintiff, in the amount of $12,000 for damages sustained in a highway collision between defendant’s automobile and that in which plaintiff, Kathleen A. Burns, was riding.

The salient issues presented herein are whether the verdict of the jury was contrary to the weight of the evidence, whether certain instructions given on behalf of plaintiff constituted reversible error, and whether the court improperly refused to reduce the judgment by crediting the…