DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS v. DECATUR SEAWAY MOTOR EXP.

No. 54500.

5 Ill. App.3d 28 (1972)

282 N.E.2d 517

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, for and in behalf of The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DECATUR SEAWAY MOTOR EXPRESS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

March 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, (Francis T. Crowe and Herman R. Tavins, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, (D. Kendall Griffith and Dennis J. Horan, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant for property damage to a bridge structure on an expressway caused when the bridge was struck by defendant's truck. After all the evidence had been presented, the trial judge directed the jury to find in favor of defendant, and entered judgment on the verdict. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the court erred in granting defendant's motion for...

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