WILLITS v. YELLOW CAB CO.

No. 11055.

214 F.2d 612 (1954)

WILLITS v. YELLOW CAB CO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyatt Jacobs, William C. Wines, Julius Jesmer, Joseph B. Lederleitner, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

James J. Magner, Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., Chicago, Ill., E. E. Lungren, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Taylor, Miller, Busch & Magner, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and FINNEGAN and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff was injured while riding as a passenger for hire in defendant's taxicab when it became involved in a collision with a military vehicle1 at the intersection of Cicero and Archer Avenues, Chicago, Illinois. For injuries sustained in this accident of May 27, 1952, plaintiff was awarded $35,000 damages against Yellow Cab Company, by a jury which accompanied its verdict, on June 26, 1953, with an answer to...

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