RICE v. GULF, M. & O.R. CO.

Gen. No. 50,681.

84 Ill. App.2d 163 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 162

Jack R. Rice, a Minor, by George Rice, His Father and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

May 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, of Chicago (Gerard E. Grashorn and Edward J. Wendrow, of counsel), for appellant.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court.

Jack R. Rice, a minor nine years of age, by George Rice, his father and next friend, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company and an engineer of one of its work trains. Dewey O. Bates, for damages for personal injuries. The action was submitted to the jury on charges of both negligence and wilful and wanton misconduct. The jury returned a verdict of not...

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