Olson v. Chicago Transit Authority

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

Carol Ann Olson, a minor, by her next friend, filed an amended complaint in the superior court of Cook county against the trustees of the corporation operating as Chicago Surface Lines, charging that on May 12, 1943, at Chicago, she was seriously and permanently injured because of the negligence of the defendants, by their servants, in the operation of a streetcar. Issue was joined. A trial resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $75,000. Motions for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied and…