Stewart v. Alvarez

Plaintiff, Sampson Stewart, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus operator, filed an action against defendant, Juan Alvarez, for injuries sustained when plaintiff’s CTA bus collided with defendant’s automobile. Following a jury trial, judgment was awarded to defendant. Plaintiff appealed, and we now affirm.

It is undisputed that, at approximately noon on August 29, 1978, plaintiff’s northbound CTA bus struck defendant’s automobile at the intersection of Halsted and 39th Streets in Chicago. The accident occurred when defendant, traveling south on Halsted Street, attempted to complete a left…