Ostby v. Chicago Transit Authority

Plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for injuries sustained in alighting from one of defendant carrier’s street cars. Motions of defendant for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case, and again at the close of all the evidence, were denied. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff assessing her damages at $28,600. Defendant thereupon filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, both of which were overruled. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict.

Plaintiff was 72 years old at the time of the trial. On ' December 2, 1945,…