· 10/1/1976
French v. City of Springfield
Citations
- 357 N.E.2d 438
- 65 Ill. 2d 74
- 2 Ill. Dec. 271
- 1976 Ill. LEXIS 409
How courts have described this case
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- finding that city ordinance which required a permit to be issued before barricades could be stationed on the street was a public safety measure
- “licensing statutes do not set forth specific standards of care and the fact that a driver has not submitted to the State for testing of his driving skills is not evidence that he was driving negligently when involved in an accident”
- city was prejudiced by improper admission of motion picture, which depicted area where accident occurred and preconditioned the minds of the jurors to accept the plaintiff’s theory of the case
- city was prejudiced by improper admission of motion -8- picture, which depicted area where accident occurred and preconditioned the minds of the jurors to accept the plaintiff’s theory of the case
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Judges: Kluczynski
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