Calvetti v. Seipp

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, Illinois from a jury verdict and judgment for the defendant in an action brought to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant in driving her automobile.

The plaintiff-appellant’s theory is that the evidence in this case established as a matter of law that the plaintiff is entitled to recover. Consequently, the trial judge should have directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff or awarded the plaintiff judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or alternatively the manifest weight of the evidence is such that the…