Vander Veen v. Yellow Cab Co.

This is an appeal from judgments entered upon jury verdicts for plaintiffs in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

George Vander Veen and Patrick Fleming (“plaintiffs” herein) are officers of the Chicago Police Department. They brought this action to recover for injuries suffered when the motorcycles they were riding collided with a taxicab owned by the Yellow Cab Company (“defendant” herein).

The accident out of which this suit arose occurred on West Madison Street near the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. The time was approximately 6:45 p. m. on April 17,1959. Madison Street is an east and west…