Jefferson Ice Co. v. Zwicokoski

This appeal is from a judgment of $5,000 in favor of the appellee, entered upon a verdict of a jury for that sum, in an action .brought by appellee for personal injuries suffered by him. through the alleged negligence of appellant, by its servants, in improperly guarding and barricading a load of chunks of ice that was being hauled upon a public street in Chicago, in one of appellant’s ice wagons, and the reckless •driving of the team hauling the same, whereby a heavy piece was precipitated from the rear end of the wagon upon appellee while he was in the act of crossing the street behind the…