Krakowski v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad

First. Appellant first attacks the verdict and judgment in this case on the ground that they are excessive, insisting that the weight of the evidence shows that appellee did not receive the severe dislocation of the knee that he claimed that he had, or any other serious and permanent injuries by reason of said collision. As the cause will be reversed for other errors in the record, we will not discuss the case on the merits further than to say that the question of the extent of appellee’s injuries was very closely contested, and we are of the opinion that the damages awarded by the jury are…