Kovacs v. Richardson

In a tort action a jury returned a verdict finding defendants guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages at the sum of $1,000. Defendants appeal from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

On the evening of April 25, 1936, plaintiff became a passenger on a southbound Halsted street car on Clark street, operated by defendants. She paid her fare and received a transfer ticket, as she intended to transfer to a Roosevelt road car. When the street car approached Roosevelt road plaintiff walked toward the front platform. She testified that she took hold of the vertical wooden bar near the door and that…