King v. City of Chicago

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE

delivered the opinion of the court:

This was an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fall on a public sidewalk. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $1,000 for plaintiff, although she requested $65,000 in damages and although her medical evidence indicates that she would have been entitled to substantially more than $1,000 if she proved that defendant was liable. Plaintiff’s post-trial motion for a new trial on the question of damages alone was denied. The denial of the motion was based on the fact that the trial judge was of…