Engelman v. Chicago Transit Authority

Plaintiff brought suit to recover for personal injuries and property damage alleged to have been received in a collision between defendant’s streetcar and plaintiff’s automobile which occurred on June 14, 1946 on Michigan avenue, between 108th and 109th streets, in Chicago. From a judgment on a verdict for $5,000, defendant appeals.

Plaintiff contends that while driving his automobile between the rails in the defendant’s northbound streetcar track at a speed of 10 or 12 miles an hour he was struck from behind by defendant’s streetcar.

Defendant contends that while the streetcar was proceeding…