Opinion
Gen. No. 44,614. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed June 20, 1949 Released for publication July 18, 1949
DAMAGES, § 370 — nonexcessiveness of award for permanent personal injuries. $50,000, while high, was not excessive for injuries sustained by plaintiff, a 51-year-old man with good health prior to accident and then earning over $4,000 per year as a toolmaker, where plaintiff had sustained a loss of $10,000 in earnings at time of judgment, and there was medical testimony that plaintiff's injuries were permanent, that he would not be able to return to any gainful occupation, and that he had suffered severe brain injury in addition to a basal skull fracture.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. PAUL A. JONES, Judge, presiding.
Affirmed. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the October term, 1948;
Werner W. Schroeder, William S. Allen, Fred J. O'Connor, and Arthur J. Donovan, for appellant;
O'Brien, Hanrahan Keogh, for cross-appellees;
Richard E. Keogh and John D. Pope, of counsel;
Francis J. Gariepy, for appellee;
Charles E. Mallon and Andrew W. Bunta, of counsel.
Not to be published in full. Opinion filed June 20, 1949; released for publication July 18, 1949.