Zank v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

This is an action for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff’s intestate, Lillian Zank, when a car in which she was riding collided with a passenger train of the defendant Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, herein called the railroad. Plaintiff’s intestate died thereafter from other causes and plaintiff sued both the railroad and the defendant driver Edna Stangle, herein called the driver. Upon trial, the court overruled defendants’ motions for a directed verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for new trial, and entered judgment against both defendants on the…