Teitelbaum v. St. Louis Fire & Marine Insurance

After a trial in the municipal court of Chicago, the plaintiff was awarded damages in the sum of $169.75, for injuries caused to his automobile.

The automobile was parked in a vacant lot adjacent to a building, and the injury and damage to it was caused when a person either jumped or fell from the third story of this building and landed on the automobile. It is agreed that under the terms of the policy upon which the action is predicated, plaintiff is not entitled to recover if the “loss was caused by collision with any other object.” The only controversy between the parties then is whether or…