Legal Opinion
Katamay v. Chicago Transit Authority
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 28, 1971No. 54530PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE
delivered the opinion of the court: This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the heels of her shoes allegedly caught between the planks of an elevated train platform owned and maintained by defendant, causing her to fall to the platform. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $27,500 and judgment was entered on the verdict. Defendant appeals.
Plaintiff testified that on February 23, 1964, she entered defendant’s elevated train station at Milwaukee and Western Avenues in Chicago and walked up the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Davis v. South Side Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- River v. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1961
- Darda v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Van Hoorebecke v. Iowa Illinois Gas & Electric Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1944
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Loretta M. Aliotta v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Aliotta, Loretta M. v. Nat'l RR PassengerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003