Legal Opinion
Fairchild v. Keene
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 3, 1981No. 16592PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
A judgment was awarded here for negligently inflicted damage to an automobile in an amount which substantially exceeded the value of the vehicle. After the plaintiff elected to repair the vehicle, unforeseen problems developed. Under these circumstances, we affirm the judgment.
On February 11, 1976, plaintiff, George Fairchild, filed suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County against defendant, Oliver J. Keene, seeking damages for injury to his automobile resulting from a collision between vehicles driven by the parties on June 22, 1975. The case was tried at bench upon a stipulation as to…
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- Davis v. SotomayerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- McCabe v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1919
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