Hileman v. Indreica

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse verdict and judgment rendered in a dramshop 1 case, arising out of the death of her husband on January 31, 1964 when the automobile he was driving left the road and struck a tree.

The single issue on appeal is whether the trial judge committed reversible error in denying plaintiff’s motion to use the pretrial deposition of a witness, who was a passenger in the automobile, in examining the witness called by plaintiff and to make a separate record for appellate review.

Plaintiff claims that because there were inconsistencies in the witness’ testimony at trial and…