Jines v. Greyhound Corp.

This personal injury action, brought by Samuel Jines in the municipal court of Evanston, resulted in a $400,000 verdict against the defendant, The Greyhound Corporation. The Appellate Court, First Judicial District, affirmed (Jines v. Greyhound Corp. 46 Ill. App. 2d 364,) and we granted leave to appeal.

Plaintiff sustained severe injuries as the result.of an accident which occurred when defendant’s bus struck the rear of a stalled automobile in which plaintiff was sitting at 10:3o in the evening, March 16, 1961, on U.S. Highway 20 just west of Elgin. On the evening of the accident, plaintiff,…