White v. Stevens

Plaintiff, Diana White, was injured when her motorcycle collided with a car driven by defendant, Vicki Stevens. Plaintiff brought this negligence action, and a jury awarded her $22,500 in damages. After the court denied defendant’s posttrial motion, defendant timely appealed.

On appeal, defendant argues that plaintiffs improper argument deprived her of a fair trial. Specifically, she maintains that plaintiffs counsel exceeded the bounds of fair comment when, in rebuttal closing argument, he told the jury to make sure that its answer to a special interrogatory (see 735 ILCS 5/2 — 1108 (West…