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Glass v. City of Chicago

Case Date: 06/01/2001
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-99-1929 Rel

SIXTH DIVISION
June 1, 2001




No. 1-99-1929


MARGARET ANN GLASS,

          Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation,

          Defendant-Appellee.

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No. 94 L 7057

Honorable
Irwin J. Solganick,
Judge Presiding


JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Margaret Ann Glass, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant, the City ofChicago (the City), on her claim for personal injury damages sustained from a fall on a City sidewalk. Plaintiff asks this court to enter judgment notwithstanding the verdict and to order a new trial limitedto the issue of damages. Alternatively, plaintiff asks this court to remand the case for a new trial.

At trial, plaintiff testified that a hole in the sidewalk approximately eight inches wide by threefeet long and approximately 2