Ceen v. Checker Taxi Co.

This is a negligence action seeking recovery for damages done to the plaintiff’s vehicle in an automobile collision. It was alleged that an employee of Checker Taxi Company negligently left the ignition key in the taxicab with the motor running in violation of section 92 of the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 95*2, par. 189), and that these acts were the proximate cause of a collision between the plaintiff’s vehicle and the defendant’s taxicab. The court found for the plaintiff, in a bench trial. The defendant appeals contending that section 92 of the…