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WARD v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Gen. No. 49,415.

52 Ill. App.2d 172 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 750

Reverend Bernard Ward, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chicago Transit Authority, a Municipal Corporation and Norman Davis, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

September 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Leider, of Chicago (Melvin B. Lewis, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Lynch, William S. Allen, and Harry I. Parsons, all of Chicago, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question presented by this appeal is the adequacy of the damages awarded the plaintiff, Bernard Ward, in his personal injury suit against the Chicago Transit Authority. A jury returned a verdict for $1,000 and judgment was entered for this amount.

On May 30, 1956, about 6 p.m., Bernard Ward was returning home on one of the C.T.A.'s buses. He alighted at an intersection, intending to transfer...

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