Behles v. Chicago Transit Authority

Mr. Presiding Justice Tuohy

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff sued defendant for personal injuries alleged to have been received while alighting from defendant’s bus. The case has been tried twice. The first trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty, after which a new trial was granted. The second trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $47,500, and from a judgment thereon this appeal is prosecuted.

As grounds for reversal defendant urges (1) that the verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence ; (2) that the trial court’s exclusion of certain medical…