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WASHINGTON v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 87-3310.

179 Ill. App.3d 113 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 423

LAURA WASHINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed January 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce A. Hughes, of Chicago Transit Authority, and William G. Clark, Jr., & Associates, Ltd., both of Chicago (William G. Clark, Jr., and Ilene Davidson Johnson, of counsel), for appellants.

Alvin R. Becker and Howard A. London, both of Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky & Berkson, and Ronald M. Gonsky, Ltd., both of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Chicago Transit Authority (hereinafter CTA) and Roosevelt Montgomery, appeal from an adverse jury verdict and judgment in the sum of $115,000 plus costs in favor of the plaintiff.

On December 3, 1980, plaintiff boarded a CTA bus operated by CTA employee defendant Montgomery. The CTA is a common carrier of passengers for hire in the City of Chicago. Immediately after...

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