Fisher v. Cook
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jobqt C. Bagby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, J.
This was an action on the case, brought by Lillie Gillette Cook against James ¡K. Fisher, to recover damages for a personal injury received by the plaintiff from falling into an elevator shaft, in a building situated on Michigan Avenue, Chicago, known as the Beaurivage. The trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for §3,000.
No question is made here as to the fact or the severity of the plaintiff’s injury, nor is there any controversy in relation to the measure of the damages awarded her by the jury, the contention being, that under the…
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