Rose v. City of Chicago

A personal injury case in which plaintiff sued City of Chicago, Yellow Cab Company, Barney Galecki and Ben Kaplan. Plaintiff dismissed the cause as to Galecki and Kaplan. A jury returned a verdict finding the City of Chicago not guilty and Yellow Cab Company guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages at $5,500. The Yellow Cab Company, hereinafter called defendant, appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict.

The first count of the complaint, as amended, alleges:

“1. That plaintiff is a resident of the City of Joplin, . . . Missouri, and that the defendant, City of Chicago, is a municipal…