City of Chicago v. Sutton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We think this cause should be remanded for a new trial because of an error in the instructions which made them inaccurate and ambiguous, and therefore, as we think, perhaps misleading to the jury. Tinder the evidence in the cause we think the verdict so large in amount for the broken leg and all such permanent effects as the plaintiff was proved to suffer, as to make not to be regretted that another jury, if it should also find the liability established, should pass on the amount of the damages.
That we remand the case shows that we do not agree with the contention of the defendant that there…
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