Anderson v. Brown

Defendant, Russell Brown, is appealing from a judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago county entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff, David Anderson, damages in the amount of $25,000 for injuries sustained in a collision between defendant’s car and plaintiff’s motorcycle.

The fundamental issues presented for our determination are whether the circuit court erred in denying, defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and in submitting to the jury certain instructions defining wilful and wanton conduct.

From the record it appears that plaintiff and defendant, and their respective witnesses…