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  "name": "Bessie Zurasky, by John Zurasky, Defendant in Error, v. Handycap Company, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Zurasky v. Handycap Co.",
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    "parties": [
      "Bessie Zurasky, by John Zurasky, Defendant in Error, v. Handycap Company, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
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      {
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    "attorneys": [
      "Fyffe, Ryneb & Dale, for plaintiff in error.",
      "David K. Tone, Frank A. Bockhold and Henry Pollenz, for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "Bessie Zurasky, by John Zurasky, Defendant in Error, v. Handycap Company, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 22,577.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph P. Raeeerty, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1916.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 16, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Bessie Zurasky, a minor, by John Zurasky, her father and next friend, plaintiff, against Handycap Company, a. corporation, defendant, to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, a minor over 14 and less than 16 years of age, while working in defendant\u2019s factory. From a judgment . for plaintiff, defendant brings error.\nFyffe, Ryneb & Dale, for plaintiff in error.\nAbstract of. the Decision.\nl. Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act, \u00a7 4 \u2014when minor may bring action at law. A minor between the age of 14 and 16 years who is injured while employed in a factory at work, prohibited by the Child Labor Act, sec. 11 (J. & A. IT 5317), may bring an action at law for the damages under the act, although the employer is operating under the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act, .she not being an employee legally permitted to work under section 5 of the latter Act [Callaghan\u2019s 1916 St. Supp. j[ 5475(5)].\n2. Courts, \u00a7 150*\u2014necessity of following Supreme Court decisions. The\"Appellate Court is bound by a prior decision of the Supreme Court on a question involved\" in the case.\n3. Damages, \u00a7 133*\u2014when verdict for personal injuries not excessive. A verdict for $750 in favor of a minor between 14 and 16 years of age, held not excessive, where it appeared that the thumb of plaintiff\u2019s right hand was crushed by reason of the accident and she lost approximately half of the first phalange of it; that she was under a physician\u2019s care for 25 days; that her arm was swollen for about a month; that she did not work for 5 months, and that the pain was severe and continued until the time of trial.\nDavid K. Tone, Frank A. Bockhold and Henry Pollenz, for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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