Trippel v. Lott

This is a personal injury action in which the plaintiff alleged that she was injured as a result of the defendant’s negligent operation of an automobile. After a jury trial the plaintiff was awarded judgment against the defendant in the amount of $56,000.

In this appeal the defendant raises the following issues: (1) whether the verdict is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in (a) suppressing a certain unsigned statement given by the plaintiff because of the defendant’s failure to comply with certain discovery orders, (b) failing…