City of Chicago v. Norton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Appellee recovered a judgment for $5,000 for the damages which she sustained by a fall upon a sidewalk on Randolph street, in the business district of Chicago. Whether the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care for her own safety and whether the damages awarded are excessive are questions on which, under the evidence, the verdict is conclusive.
The sole question in the case is whether the sidewalk at the place where plaintiff fell was reasonably safe, for if it was reasonably safe the city is not liable.
The plaintiff was walking west upon a sidewalk of .stone flagging 16 feet wide, and fell…
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