Skiba v. Ruby

This is a petition by the defendant for leave to appeal from an order granting a new trial in a personal injury suit. The jury’s verdict was in favor of the defendant but the trial court set the verdict aside on the ground that it was contrary to the weight of the evidence.

The suit arose out of a two-car collision which occurred about noon on Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, at a point where the avenue is an eight-lane, two-way thoroughfare. The plaintiff was driving northwest in the fourth lane from the curb, having turned left onto Milwaukee Avenue from a side street. The defendant was moving…