Thiel v. Material Service Corp.

Mr. Justice Hebel delivered

the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Material Service Corporation, is here on appeal from a judgment of $15,000, which was entered in the superior court of Cook county on the verdict of a jury in an action of trespass on the case. The plaintiff was riding as a guest in an automobile and her injuries occurred when the automobile and a truck, driven by a man named Stine, collided.

The cause was tried upon plaintiff’s amended declaration, in which five defendants were named, two of which were dismissed from the case, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in…