Miller v. Chicago Transit Authority

Mr. Presiding Justice Feinberg

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $500 in this action for personal injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant. Plaintiff filed a motion for new trial, based upon the grounds of inadequacy of the verdict and prejudicial conduct on the part of counsel for defendant. The motion was overruled, judgment was entered, and plaintiff appeals.

There is no dispute in the record as to the liability of defendant. Plaintiff was a passenger in one of two elevated cars of defendant involved in a collision, and…