Ostresh v. Illinois Terminal Railroad

BOHLING, Commissioner.

George Ostresh sued the Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, a corporation, for $65,000 for personal injuries sustained in a fall on a stairway. He had a ten-juror verdict for $39,800. Plaintiff has appealed from the order granting defendant a new trial because of error in plaintiff’s verdict directing instruction. Defendant, in addition, contends the court erred in not sustaining its motion for judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict.

The basis of plaintiff’s claim as submitted to the jury was that “the edge” of the angle piece, which bound the…