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inlieor)v-$12,000 toAlton BoyHit by Carngon in-icil iceof-. ■■■■■■■■■IEDWARDSVILLE — A Circuit as Court jury Tuesday awarded $12.-000 damages for injuries incurredon by a 3-year-old Alton boy when 'st struck by an automobile as he ial crossed the street in front of his1962.a] The agreed'* suit was filed ildj Monday in Circuit Court and dd heard Tuesday A jury hearing 8- was required to approve terms (d of a settlement because the plainer* tiff was a minor.Richard O. Evans, three-yearsirk of age at the time of the mis-Us- hap. was the plaintiff, suing by rn- his father. Jonathan Evans. Nam ac-ied defendant was Angelo J. Bel ans litto, Godfrey, as driver of the e. tear involved in the mishap, a!-1 According to the complaint, the •itv Evans hoy was crossing the streetrial in front of his home at 2317 Hum-tco bert, Alton, when struck by Bel-rm' litto's car. He suffered a frae-idyl hire of the left thigh, cerebralmg concussion and other injuries.A medical report of examiningthe physicians on April 29 this year, rial attached to the lawsuit complaint, the stated the hoy w-as unconscioustroliwhen taken to an Alton hospitalritv and remained there two monthsThe report listed the hoy s tath-of. er as a non commissioned V 8ir- Army officer stationed at Grafton and hts mother as a native ofoldind-eirofJapanThe jury verdict was for $12 ono against Bellitto. the amount of damages sought in the com plaintDaily
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 18, 1963
Page 6
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