Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Ry. Co. v. Krempel
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake County; the Hon. Charles H. Donnelly, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Aír. Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit by appellee, a married woman, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her in a collision between two of appellant’s cars. Appellee, a passenger, was thrown violently from her seat by the force of the col lision and the injuries received by her were of a very serious character. Two of her 'teeth were loosened and had to be removed; she was severely bruised about the head, breast and shoulder; she received a cut across the forehead two and one-fourth inches long, from which a permanent scar remains; the vision of…
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