Kirby v. General Paving Co.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants appeal from a joint judgment in the amount of $40,000 entered upon verdicts of a jury in favor of plaintiff, Kirby, contending that the verdicts were contrary to law, and outright reversal is sought. In the alternative, defendants complain of trial-court rulings on certain exhibits and instructions, and seek a new trial.

Kirby was a passenger in an automobile which turned right from Race Street and went east on Elm Street in Urbana, Illinois, at about 11:45 p. m. on January 9, 1965. The car, driven by Wozencraft, passed…