City of Chicago v. Bush
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough. Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stein
Appellee recovered a judgment of $7,500 against appellant for injuries received by her from falling upon a defective sidewalk. There is no question as to appellant’s liability, the, main controversy being whether the damages are excessive.
About 6:30 p. m. on March 29, 1901, appellee, a woman thirty-nine or forty years of age, tripped on a broken board of the sidewalk and fell, sustaining a fracture of the right wrist and a bruise on the left side of her head. She was assisted to arise and escorted home part of the way. The same night she was taken to the County Hospital, from which she was…
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