Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Arnold

Appellee sues for a personal injury suffered, as she claims, through the negligence of appellant in suddenly starting the car-upon which she was a passenger from a standing position while she was in the act of alighting, the car having been brought to a stand still for that purpose. A trial resulted in an assessment of damages by the jury of $10,000, from which, at the suggestion of the trial judge, $6,000 was remitted and a judgment rendered upon the verdict, after the remittitur, for $4,000, and the record is before this court for review. No question arises upon the pleadings, they being…