Robinson v. Thompson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Carrie Robinson appeals the order of the circuit court of McLean County refusing to vacate a judgment in bar of action entered against her when she and her attorney failed to appear for a jury trial in her suit against defendants Karen Thompson and Ralph Hafley.

The sequence of events leading to the entry of the judgment in bar of action is not in dispute. On May 19, 1976, plaintiff filed the instant suit seeking damages for her personal injuries arising from an automobile collision. One year later on May 19,1977, she…