Daemicke v. Chicago Transit Authority

In a suit to recover damages for personal injury, judgment was rendered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant. After the denial of plaintiff’s post-trial motion, plaintiff prosecuted this appeal, raising two issues: (1) that the verdict was a product of prejudicial conduct by defense counsel, and (2) that the verdict was contrary to law and to the manifest weight of the evidence.

The testimony at trial brought out the following facts: On the afternoon of September 10, 1963, plaintiff, then age 68, and her friend, Martha Miller, walked to the corner of 69th and Halsted Streets to wait for a…