Lutz v. Chicago Transit Authority

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, in her suit against the. Chicago Transit Authority for personal injury, the court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and instructed the jury to find the issues for the defendant. Bose Lutz, the plaintiff, appeals from the judgment entered upon the verdict of not guilty.

Mrs. Lutz, a widow who had been working for 36 years, left her place of employment at Diversey and Damen Avenues at 4:30 p. m., November 18, 1954. She boarded the defendant’s eastbound Diversey Avenue bus and sat near the front door in the middle of the three-place…