Ball v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Continental Southern Lines, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County entered on a verdict in the sum of $100,000 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant alleges error in the trial court’s refusal to give one of defendant’s tendered instructions and also alleges that the damages awarded by the jury were excessive.

Plaintiff’s cause of action arose from a traffic accident involving her car and a passenger bus owned by the defendant Continental Southern Lines, Inc. On December 4, 1971, plaintiff…