Fox v. Calhoun

The defendant, Walter Calhoun, appeals from the order of the trial court denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. A verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiff, Herman Fox, on the issue of liability and only the question of damages was submitted to the jury which returned a verdict for $7000 in favor of the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, a 68-year-old pedestrian, was injured when struck by defendant’s car. He testified that he disembarked from a northbound CTA bus at the comer of Inner Lake Shore Drive and Roscoe Streets in Chicago. It was about 3:15 p.m. on a clear…