Klettke v. Checker Taxi Co., Inc.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this personal injury case a verdict of $8,000 was returned against the Checker Taxi Company and its driver, Joseph Weglarz. The defendants contend there was no proof of their negligence; that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and that the manifest weight of the evidence established the validity of a release received from the plaintiff; they complain that the plaintiff’s attorney’s closing argument and his conduct during the trial were prejudicial and caused the jury to return an excessive…