Geraghty v. Burr Oak Lanes

Rehearing petition stricken March 22, 1955. In a personal injury action for damages sustained by plaintiff, James Geraghty, the circuit court of Cook County entered
a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and against the defendant for $28,000. The Appellate Court reversed the
judgment and remanded the cause with directions to enter a judgment for defendant and against the plaintiff notwithstanding
the verdict of the jury, (2 Ill. App.2d 48,) holding, as a proposition of law, that the proximate cause of plaintiff's injury
was his contributory negligence, and that a verdict should have been directed. This cause is here on leave granted plaintiff
to appeal, and the only question presented for determination is whether or not the judgment of the Appellate Court was proper.