BESSETTE v. LOEVY

Gen. No. 46,917.

11 Ill. App.2d 482 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 56

Madeline Bessette, a Minor, by A.F. Bessette, Her Father and Next Friend, Yvonne McAvoy and Clarence D. McAvoy, Appellees, v. Eleanor Loevy, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Released for publication November 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber & Ross, of Chicago, for defendant-appellant; A.R. Peterson, Harold W. Huff, and John W. Gilligan, of Chicago, of counsel.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellees.


PRESIDING JUSTICE FEINBERG delivered the opinion of the court.

In this action the two plaintiffs, Madeline Bessette, a minor, and Yvonne McAvoy, respectively recovered verdicts for personal injury in the amount of $35 and $10,000. Plaintiff Clarence McAvoy recovered a verdict for $300 for property damage. Defendant's motion for new trial was denied and judgments entered on the verdicts. Defendant appeals.

The action arises out of a collision between the automobile...

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