Shanowat v. Checker Taxi Co., Inc.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Checker Taxi Company, from judgments entered against it on jury verdicts in the Superior Court of Cook County.

Angela Shanowat, as administrator of the estate of her deceased daughter, Elizabeth, and Beverly Shanowat, a minor, by Angela Shanowat, her mother and next friend, brought suit against defendant corporation and Ila Sanchez, an individual, on a cause of action arising from an unfortunate and unusual accident which occurred on August 20, 1955. On that day Angela Shanowat, together with her deceased daughter Elizabeth, aged eleven at that time, her…