Jeffrey v. Chicago Transit Authority

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this personal injury case arising from a rear end automobile collision, a jury found in favor of the five plaintiffs but awarded them no damages. The questions to be determined are the propriety of such verdicts and the correctness of the court’s instruction: “. . . if you find there is no damage to the plaintiffs, then you will indicate on the verdict, ‘We, the jury, find for the plaintiff with no damages.’ ”

An automobile driven by Primus Jeffrey stopped for a red light at Michigan Avenue and 20th Street, Chicago, on March…