FELTON v. COYLE

Gen. No. 51,632.

95 Ill. App.2d 202 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 191

Ernest Felton, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph Coyle, South Chicago Community Hospital, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation, and Capitol Ambulance and Oxygen Service, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

May 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Ming & Black, of Chicago (Fleetwood M. McCoy, Ellis E. Reid, and Helen I. Cohen, of counsel), for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann & Hoban, of Chicago (Perry L. Fuller and D. Kendall Griffith, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, Ernest Felton, Sr., brought an action against the defendant Dr. Joseph Coyle for assault and false imprisonment. After a jury verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals, contending that the court erred in allowing improper remarks in the opening statement made in behalf of defendant; in failing to direct a verdict in favor of plaintiff on the issue of liability; in refusing

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