Dregne v. Five Cent Cab Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Yellow Cab Company, entered by the circuit court of Cook county. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court granted a motion for a directed verdict by Yellow Cab Company, and the jury, pursuant to the court’s instruction, returned a verdict of not guilty upon which judgment was entered.

Plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for injuries sustained while she was a passenger in a taxicab which ran into the supporting pier of a railroad viaduct in Evanston. There were four other defendants, which are not…