Allen v. Dhuse

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Jon Allen, recovered a judgment based upon a jury verdict for injuries incurred when he was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Joyce Dhuse. Defendant appeals, contending that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence, that verdicts should have been directed, that a motion for a mistrial was improperly denied, and that the court erred in striking the jury foreman’s affidavit that attorney fees were added in the calculation of damages.

Plaintiff was struck by a car driven by the defendant on…