Dinneen v. Bel-Pak Foods, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a personal injury trial involving a rear-end automobile collision, a verdict was rendered for defendant, Bel-Pak Foods, Inc. Plaintiff, Jeremiah Dinneen, now appeals raising various issues questioning the evidentiary sufficiency of the jury’s verdict as to liability and challenging the trial court’s refusal to allow his jury instruction and argument on the question of the speed of defendant’s vehicle immediately preceding the collision.

The factual situation concerning the question of liability is relatively uncomplicated.…