Tribune Co. v. Emery Motor Livery Co.

While in the service of the Tribune Company, a corporation, John Herbeck was struck by a taxicab operated by the Emery Motor Livery Company, also a corporation, and seriously injured. The former company, complying with the Workmen’s Compensation act, paid Herbeck compensation for his injuries. After certain installments had been paid, the Tribune Company brought suit in the superior court of Cook county against the Emery Motor Livery Company, by authority of section 29 of the Compensation act, to recover damages for the negligence of the livery company in causing Herbeck’s injuries. A jury…