Wong v. Richards

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Sangamon County entered judgments on jury verdicts finding the defendant Richards not guilty of negligence and the defendant Reynolds guilty of negligence and assessing plaintiffs damages for personal injuries in the sum of $5,000. There is clearly no issue of contributory negligence in this case and as to Richards the only issue on plaintiff’s appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against Richards.

As to Reynolds, the issues are that (1) the damages…