Ward v. Chicago Transit Authority

The only question presented by this appeal is the adequacy of the damages awarded the plaintiff, Bernard Ward, in his personal injury suit against the Chicago Transit Authority. A jury returned a verdict for $1,000 and judgment was entered for this amount.

On May 30, 1956, about 6 p. m., Bernard Ward was returning home on one of the C.T.A.’s buses. He alighted at an intersection, intending to transfer to a bus traveling in a different direction. A bus proceeding in his intended direction stopped at the corner and a woman, whom Ward presumed to be a passenger, boarded. However, when he…