Shore v. Turman

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on an adverse verdict of the jury in a personal injury suit arising out of an automobile accident and the court’s denial of his motion for new trial. The sole question is the alleged error of the trial court in giving two instructions on intoxication where intoxication is not made a specific issue in the pleadings, where it has a bearing only on the issue of plaintiff’s due care and where, it is said, there is no evidence to support its giving.

Both instructions tendered by the defendant and given by the court are found in Hlinois Pattern Instructions.…