Caruso v. City of Chicago

Eobert Caruso, a minor, by his father and next friend, brought suit against the City of Chicago and South Shore Sheet Metal Works to recover damages for injuries sustained through a fall on the sidewalk in front of the McLaren School, in Chicago, upon which certain construction work was then in progress. During the trial of the cause South Shore Sheet Metal Works paid plaintiff $4,500, took a covenant not to sue and was dismissed from the case, which then proceeded against the City of Chicago as sole defendant and resulted in a verdict and judgment for $5,500, from which the city appeals.

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