Forslund v. Chicago Transit Authority

PRESIDING JUSTICE MoCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court.

Judgment for $5,500 in favor of the plaintiff based upon a jury’s verdict was entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The suit was brought to recover damages sustained by plaintiff while boarding a streetcar owned and operated by the defendant. From this judgment the defendant appeals on the theory that it was not guilty of any negligence and that the sole and proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries was his negligence in attempting to board a moving streetcar.

The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff was to the effect that at…