Collins v. City of Chicago

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, a minor, a jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages in the sum of $20,000. Defendant’s motions for a directed verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and in arrest of judgment were overruled and judgment was entered upon the verdict. Defendant made no motion for a new trial. Defendant appeals.

This case seems to have been well tried and the many points usually raised in personal injury cases are not raised here.

In the latter part of October, 1938, the Water Pipe…