Rehthaler v. Crane Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover damaged for personal injuries. There was a verdict and judgment in her favor for $4,000, to reverse which defendant prosecutes this appeal.
The record discloses that plaintiff, a married woman about 35 years old, was struck on the breast by some iron pipes, which were being hauled in one of appellant’s wagons, and which extended 8 or 10 feet beyond the rear end of the wagon. Later cancer developed at the place of the injury which necessitated an amputation of the left breast, and at the time of the trial it was certain that plaintiff would…
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