Walker v. Midwest Emery Freight System, Inc.

Plaintiffs, James and Josephine Walker, appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Paul E. DeMuth (DeMuth) individually and d/b/a Lowrey Trucking Co. (Lowrey Trucking), Walter Greene, and John Tunstall, finding them not guilty of negligence. We address the following two issues: (1) whether the jury’s verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (2) whether Greene’s prior consistent statements were improperly admitted. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Plaintiffs filed a negligence action against defendants for injuries James Walker sustained when he was run over by…