Legal Opinion
Bridgewater v. Wagoner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 14, 1960No. Gen. 11,431PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNEAL, J.:
Plaintiff, Lynn Bridgewater, incurred personal injuries when the vehicle in which he was riding collided with a car driven by the defendant, Bernard Wagoner. A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $7500, judgment was entered thereon, and this appeal followed.
The evidence shows that on September 24, 1957, at about 7:45 A.M., plaintiff was riding in the right front seat of a vehicle being driven by Philip Ross in an easterly direction on a gravel road known as Spring Creek Road. Cletus Brandt was riding in the rear seat. The three men were going to work. They took…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Finley v. New York Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- Schneiderman v. Interstate Transit Lines, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Johnson v. TurnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Shoemaker v. Estate of WhistlerTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Fugate v. GalvinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Babington v. BogdanovicAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Campanella v. ZajicAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Baker v. WalkerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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