Wallace v. City of Rock Island

This is an action by appellant administrator under the Injuries Act for the wrongful death of his 13 year old son. Trial resulted in favor of appellant, the jury returning a verdict in the sum of $500. Among other things, appellant urges as ground for reversal, the inadequacy of the verdict. The deceased left lineal kindred consisting of his father, mother, and one sister.

As stated in Rost v. F. H. Noble & Co., 316 Ill. 357, 375, the law presumes substantial injury to the parents. An illustrative case is that of Chicago, P. & St. L. R. Co. v. Woolridge, 174 Ill. 330. Here, the court…