TOWNS v. YELLOW CAB CO.

No. 76-1464.

368 N.E.2d 549 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 47

10 Ill.Dec. 954

Elizabeth Ann TOWNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YELLOW CAB COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation licensed to do business in the State of Illinois, Joseph Smith, Jr., Roy Stewart, Thelma Lewis and Ivan Janev, Defendants-Appellees. Joseph SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Ivan JANEV et al., Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Barton, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jesmer & Harris, Chicago, for defendants-appellees; Francis X. Riley, Chicago, of counsel.


LORENZ, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered against her and in favor of defendant Joseph Smith, Jr., on the basis of res judicata. She contends that (1) the court erred when it considered defendant's motion to dismiss after it had previously been denied by another judge, and (2) the prior judgment entered in favor of Smith's employer Yellow Cab does not bar the instant action against Smith.

Plaintiff was injured while a passenger in a...

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