Dobczyk v. Knowles

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an automobile collision at an intersection in Lockport at 7:30 a.m. on September 19, 1975. This intersection is an open intersection with no stop signs in either direction. George Dobczyk, who was injured in the collision, sued Rebecca Knowles for negligence. This case was tried before the doctrine of comparative negligence was adopted in Illinois in 1981. At the defendant’s request, the jury was given a special interrogatory asking it to determine whether the plaintiff had contributed to the cause of his…