Chalmers v. City of Chicago

Miss PRESIDING JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the denial of the plaintiff’s post-trial motion in which she asked the court to enter a judgment conforming the verdict to the intention of the jury.

The plaintiff, Nancy Chalmers, was involved in an automobile accident with Edward Meany on May 22, 1973. Meany, a police officer for the City of Chicago, was driving a squad car at the time of the collision.

The plaintiff brought this action for damages against Meany and the City of Chicago, alleging that Meany had committed certain acts of willful and…