City of Bloomington v. Shrock

delivered, the opinion of the Court :

This was an action on the case, for negligence, by appellee, against appellant. Appellee, a married woman, was violently thrown down while walking along a sidewalk adjacent to one of appellant’s streets, by reason of a defect in the sidewalk, and thereby received injuries which, she claimed, resulted in causing her to have an abortion. It was contended by appellant, upon the trial, that she was guilty of such contributory negligence as to bar her right to recover, in omitting proper care and caution to avoid the abortion,—and this was the most important…