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Rohwedder v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
Apr 26, 1944
322 Ill. App. 700 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)

Opinion

Gen. No. 42,473. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed April 26, 1944 Rehearing denied May 12, 1944

HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, § 552sufficiency of evidence as to negligence of city toward vehicle users. In action against City of Chicago for injuries sustained by motorist colliding with safety island, having inadequate reflector buttons or other warning devices, during snowstorm, evidence on behalf of plaintiff established prima facie case of defendant's negligence, and hence judgment for defendant notwithstanding verdicts for plaintiffs would be reversed and cause remanded with directions to trial court to enter judgment upon verdict in favor of plaintiff.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. JOHN J. WALLACE, Judge, presiding.

Reversed and remanded with directions. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the October term, 1942.

Ben W. Goldman, for appellants. Barnet Hodes, Corporation Counsel, for appellee;

J. Herzl Segal, Adam E. Patterson and L. Louis Karton, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed April 26, 1944; rehearing denied May 12, 1944.


Summaries of

Rohwedder v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
Apr 26, 1944
322 Ill. App. 700 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)
Case details for

Rohwedder v. City of Chicago

Case Details

Full title:Jeanette Rohwedder, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, Appellee. Richard O…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District

Date published: Apr 26, 1944

Citations

322 Ill. App. 700 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)
54 N.E.2d 496