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Allison v. Chicago Transit Authority

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 30, 1948
336 Ill. App. 224 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)

Opinion

Gen. No. 44,191. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed December 30, 1948 Released for publication January 18, 1949

DAMAGES, § 433gross excessiveness of personal-injury damages awarded woman. $14,300 as damages for injuries sustained when plaintiff, an unmarried 39-year-old woman employed before accident as a practical nurse at $45 per week plus board and room, was thrown to ground while boarding defendant's streetcar was grossly excessive, and verdict for that amount could not be cured by remittitur, where plaintiff failed to prove a causal connection between accident and many elements of damage sought to be charged thereto, such as fibroid tumors in plaintiff's uterus and diseased condition of her Fallopian tubes and ovaries.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. THOMAS J. COURTNEY, Judge, presiding.

Reversed and remanded. Heard in the second division, first district, this court at the October term, 1947.

Werner W. Schroeder, William S. Allen, Harry I. Parsons and Arthur J. Donovan, for appellant;

William J. Flaherty, of counsel;

A.A. Wolf and Kamin Gleason, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed December 30, 1948; released for publication January 18, 1949.


Summaries of

Allison v. Chicago Transit Authority

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Dec 30, 1948
336 Ill. App. 224 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
Case details for

Allison v. Chicago Transit Authority

Case Details

Full title:Juanita Allison, Appellee, v. Chicago Transit Authority, Appellant

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Dec 30, 1948

Citations

336 Ill. App. 224 (Ill. App. Ct. 1948)
83 N.E.2d 386

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