Quigley v. Crawford

PRESIDING JUSTICE SPIVEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000 for damages for personal injuries suffered as the direct and proximate result of defendant’s negligence. Judgment was rendered on the jury’s verdict, from which judgment defendant appeals.

Defendant’s brief with commendable candor admits the acts of the defendant constituted actionable negligence. As a single ground for reversal however, he urges that the plaintiff wholly failed to prove her due care by a preponderance of…