RAINEY v. CITY OF SALEM

No. 5-90-0198.

568 N.E.2d 463 (1991)

209 Ill. App.3d 898

154 Ill.Dec. 463

Barbara A. RAINEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF SALEM, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Coffey, Thomson, Gilbert & Mudge, P.C. by Stephen W. Thomson, Charles C. Compton, Edwardsville, for defendant-appellant.

James H. Cooksey, David Foreman, Crain, Cooksey, Veltman & Miller, Ltd., Centralia, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Barbara Rainey, brought a negligence action in the circuit court of Marion County to obtain damages for personal injuries she sustained when her automobile collided with the rear of a street-cleaning machine owned and operated by defendant, the City of Salem (the City). Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff and against the City. The jury determined that the total amount...

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