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Culp v. Olive

45 Ill. App. 2d 396 (Ill. App. Ct. 1964)
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Culp v. Olive

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  1. Keel v. Compton

    120 Ill. App. 2d 248 (Ill. App. Ct. 1970)   Cited 17 times
    In Keel, we found that the award bore no relationship to the pecuniary injury, and accordingly we reversed and remanded for a new trial.

    See comments to IPI, ยง 12.02. Indeed in Culp v. Olive, 45 Ill. App.2d 396, 195 N.E.2d 729, the principal case relied upon by defendant, the court discusses the recommendation against usage, indicates that it does not disagree with such recommendation and then holds that the giving of such instruction was harmless error. The defendant in this court has failed to show any reason why the recommendations of the drafters of the Pattern Jury Instructions should be disregarded and accordingly, we believe the trial court erred in giving the instruction.

  2. Logue v. Williams

    111 Ill. App. 2d 327 (Ill. App. Ct. 1969)   Cited 18 times
    In Logue, the plaintiff called a witness to testify about a conversation in which the defendant stated, "`I have just hit a man, a boy or something, down the road and they are pinned under my car because I can hear them hollering.'"

    [7] The plaintiff next alleges that a "sudden emergency" instruction given by the Court, Defendant's No. 4, was erroneous. Although IPI ยง 12.02 (1961) recommended that the instruction not be given, the identical instruction was given in Culp v. Olive, 45 Ill. App.2d 396, 195 N.E.2d 729 (1964) and there held to be harmless error, the Court saying: "We are fully aware of the thinking of the committee which prepared IPI. The principle giving rise to their recommendation that such an instruction not be given is, `It states a simple and obvious fact about human behavior' . . . `when no juror would need to be reminded of the proposition.' If this reasoning is adopted, and if this matter is the proper subject of comment on final argument as suggested by the committee, then we fail to see how plaintiff was prejudiced by the giving of the instruction.

  3. Hitt v. Langel

    236 N.E.2d 118 (Ill. App. Ct. 1968)   Cited 22 times
    In Hitt v. Langel (1968), 93 Ill. App.2d 386, 393, 236 N.E.2d 118, 122, the court said: "`Each party is entitled to have the court instruct the jury on his theory of the case, provided that there is an evidentiary basis for the instruction. "

    We further note that the drafters of the Illinois Pattern Instructions recommended that no instructions be given on this subject concluding that it was argumentative, stated an obvious fact about human behavior and under many circumstances would lead to reversible error. See IPI No. 12.02 and Culp v. Olive, 45 Ill. App.2d 396, 195 N.E.2d 729. We do not entirely agree with the recommendation of the drafters of IPI and can visualize or hypothecate situations in which such instruction would be proper, but under the record in this case, even assuming the instruction should have been given, we find the error to be harmless.