Darda v. Chicago Transit Authority

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action for damages for personal injuries based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant. The jury awarded a verdict of $3,800 whereupon the defendant moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or alternatively, for a new trial. The motions were denied and judgment was entered on the verdict.

On October 31, 1960, the plaintiff boarded a bus which transported her to the Chicago Transit Authority’s El station at 63rd Street and Loomis Avenue in Chicago. She gave her transfer to the ticket agent at the…