Sturm v. Consolidated Coal Co.

This was an action on the case commenced by the defendant in error in the circuit court of Macoupin county, against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by the defendant in error while in the employ of the plaintiff in error. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant in error for the sum of $5000, upon which verdict the circuit court rendered judgment for $2500 after requiring a remittitur by the defendant in error of $2500, which judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District, and the record has been…