WALKER v. MIDWEST EMERY FREIGHT SYSTEMS

No. 1-87-0263.

200 Ill. App.3d 790 (1990)

558 N.E.2d 470

JAMES WALKER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIDWEST EMERY FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant (Paul E. DeMuth, Indiv. and d/b/a Lowrey Trucking Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied August 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip E. Howard, Ltd., and William J. Harte, Ltd., both of Chicago (William J. Harte, of counsel), for appellants.

Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., of Chicago (James K. Horstman, Barry L. Kroll, David J. Ryan, and C. Barry Montgomery, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, James and Josephine Walker, appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Paul E. DeMuth (DeMuth) individually and d/b/a Lowrey Trucking Co. (Lowrey Trucking), Walter Greene, and John Tunstall, finding them not guilty of negligence. We address the following two issues: (1) whether the jury's verdict was against the manifest...

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