KIRKWOOD v. CHECKER TAXI CO.

No. 56003.

12 Ill. App.3d 129 (1973)

298 N.E.2d 233

HELEN KIRKWOOD, by JOHN LEWIS KIRKWOOD, Admr. of the Estate of Helen Kirkwood, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHECKER TAXI COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants. ROBERT ARNOLD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHECKER TAXI COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Fitzpatrick, of Chicago, (Fitzpatrick & Gulbranson, and Jesmer & Harris, of counsel,) for appellants.

Shapiro, Kreisman & Epstein, of Chicago, (David S. Kreisman, of counsel,) for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 29, 1964, a taxi owned by defendant Checker Taxi Company and operated by Edward Stoakley, in which plaintiff Helen Kirkwood, deceased at the time of trial, and her grandson Wayne Harris were passengers, was involved in a collision on Congress Street near Clark Street with an Oldsmobile driven by plaintiff Robert Arnold, in which plaintiff Willa Hairston was a passenger...

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