Todd v. S. S. Kresge Co.

This suit was started in the circuit court of Kane county by Nellie J. Todd to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when she was struck by a swinging door at the front entrance of defendant’s general store in Elgin. Plaintiff died from natural causes before the case came to trial and the administrator of her estate was substituted as plaintiff. (Todd v. Kresge Co., 303 Ill. App. 89.) Reference is made to that opinion for a detailed statement of the evidence.

After the mandate of the Appellate Court was filed plaintiff obtained leave to present an amended complaint which contained…