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Hughes v. Chicago Transit Authority

Appellate Court of Illinois
Nov 19, 1952
348 Ill. App. 394 (Ill. App. Ct. 1952)

Summary

In Hughes v. Chicago Transit Authority (1952), 348 Ill. App. 394, 108 N.E.2d 821 (abstract of opinion), the plaintiff was injured while alighting from a street car when she stepped onto an icy, slippery step near the rear platform of the car and then fell to the street.

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Opinion

Gen. No. 45,790. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed November 19, 1952 Rehearing denied December 3, 1952 Released for publication December 5, 1952

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. FRANK H. BICEK, Judge, presiding. Affirmed. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the April term, 1952.

Thomas J. Strachan, Jr., James O. Dwight, Marion J. Hannigan, and Arthur J. Donovan, for appellant;

Halbert O. Crews, of counsel;

Posanski, Johannsen, Krohn Jones, for appellee.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed November 19, 1952; rehearing denied December 3, 1952; released for publication December 5, 1952.


Summaries of

Hughes v. Chicago Transit Authority

Appellate Court of Illinois
Nov 19, 1952
348 Ill. App. 394 (Ill. App. Ct. 1952)

In Hughes v. Chicago Transit Authority (1952), 348 Ill. App. 394, 108 N.E.2d 821 (abstract of opinion), the plaintiff was injured while alighting from a street car when she stepped onto an icy, slippery step near the rear platform of the car and then fell to the street.

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Case details for

Hughes v. Chicago Transit Authority

Case Details

Full title:Thomas A. Hughes, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chicago Transit Authority…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Nov 19, 1952

Citations

348 Ill. App. 394 (Ill. App. Ct. 1952)
108 N.E.2d 821

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