Gauchas v. Chicago Transit Authority

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal is taken by the plaintiffs from a directed verdict for the defendant in a personal injury action against the Chicago Transit Authority. The plaintiff, Martha Gauchas, and her four-year-old grandson were injured when they were struck by a motor-bike at the corner of Irving Park Road and Leavitt Street in Chicago. The rider of the motor-bike fled the scene and has remained unidentified. The plaintiffs’ complaint charged that the negligent conduct of one of the defendant’s bus drivers was the proximate cause of their…