Matelis v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, city of Chicago and William Jackson, appeal from the trial court’s denial of their post-trial motion alleging, amongst other things, error in jury instructions and the judgment entered upon the jury verdict awarding Helen Matelis, plaintiff, $111,661.75 in a personal injury action.

The testimony reveals that plaintiff, then 71 years old, was struck on the posterior of her left shoulder by a city of Chicago garbage truck, driven by William Jackson, a city CETA1 employee and a defendant in this case. On the morning of the…