DEMETRION v. EDWARDS

No. 17182.

416 F.2d 958 (1969)

James DEMETRION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William EDWARDS and Yellow Cab Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

August 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Fitzpatrick, George Kaye, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants, Fitzpatrick & Kaye, Jesmer & Harris, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

James B. Moran, James E. O'Halloran, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before KILEY, SWYGERT and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought in federal court on the basis of diversity of citizenship to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff while a passenger in a taxicab owned by defendant Yellow Cab Company, and driven by defendant Edwards. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff from which defendants appeal.

The only question before the Court is whether or not the defendant Yellow Cab Company had contracted with the plaintiff...

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