Clamage v. Shapiro

This is an appeal by defendant Donald Shapiro from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County on a jury’s verdict of *20,000 in favor of the plaintiff, Lester Clamage. Defendant presents three issues for review: (1) whether a certain statement by the court in the presence of the jury on a contested material issue of fact was prejudicial error; (2) whether the impeachment of defendant by plaintiff’s counsel on the issue of due care and counsel’s comment in closing argument on defendant’s veracity were prejudicial errors; and (3) whether plaintiff s counsel sought to imply the…