McGinnis v. Cosmopolitan Nat. Bank & Trust Co.

Plaintiff’s judgment for more than $60,000 for personal injuries entered on a jury’s verdict is here appealed and the following errors by the trial court are asserted: (1) The Illinois Structural Work Act, Ill Rev Stats 1955, c 48, § 60, et seq. does not apply to the facts in this case, (2) the trial court erroneously permitted the plaintiff’s attorney to read to the jury from the Illinois Revised Statutes and the ordinances of the City of Chicago, and (3) the trial court erred in denying a motion for judgment n. o. v. or in the alternative a new trial. The case must be reversed and remanded.

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