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WILSON v. COLSTON

No. 82-571.

120 Ill. App.3d 150 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 1042

DAVID D. WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MILLIE COLSTON, d/b/a Millie's Tavern, Defendant — (Eugene Koehler, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McMullin and Thomas J. Horn, both of Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Callis & Hartman, P.C., of Granite City (Michael J. Meehan, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents the question whether evidence of a defendant's financial worth must be introduced before an issue of punitive damages may be submitted to a jury.

The plaintiff, David Wilson, 19 years old at the time he was injured, suffered severe facial wounds as a result of being struck by the automobile of the defendant, Eugene Koehler. At the time he was struck, about 2:30...

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