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  "name": "Norman Nusbaum, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Nusbaum v. Pennsylvania Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1950-03-08",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 44,933",
  "first_page": "131",
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    "parties": [
      "Norman Nusbaum, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellee."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Burke\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nNorman Nusbaum filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook county against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company charging that on April 21, 1945, at Chicago, the defendant, by its servants and agents unlawfully and maliciously made an assault upon him, forced him to enter the premises of the defendant and imprisoned him without any reasonable or probable cause and against his will, to the injury of his good reputation, body and mind. \u25a0 He asked damages of $10,000. On issue joined the case was tried before the court and a jury, resulting in a verdict of \u201cnot guilty.\u201d A motion for a new trial was denied and judgment entered on the verdict, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.\nThere was a conflict in the testimony. The case was properly submitted to the jury. There is no contention that the judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence. Plaintiff urges that the judgment be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on the sole ground that the argument of counsel for the defendant \u201cwilfully prejudiced the jury by appealing and arousing their passion\u201d against him and \u201cby injuring\u201d his good character and that of his attorneys after several warnings by the court. We have read the transcript of the argument to the jury. The arguments of the respective attorneys taken as a whole were not improper or inflamatory. Attorneys are permitted a wide latitude in arguing a case. Whenever objection was made, the trial court, where warranted, cautioned counsel. Some of the remarks about which plaintiff complains were improper. However, a reading of the transcript of the trial convinces us. that the remarks did not prejudice plaintiff and that he received a fair trial. The trial judge did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial. Therefore, the judgment of the superior court of Cook county is affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.\nLews, P. J., and Kilby, J., concur.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Burke"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Isadore J. Stein, of Chicago, for appellant.",
      "Theodore Schmidt, P. J. Cronin, and Harry I. Parsons, all of Chicago, for appellee; Fay Warren Johnson, of Chicago, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Norman Nusbaum, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellee.\nGen. No. 44,933.\nOpinion filed March 8, 1950.\nReleased for publication April 3, 1950.\nIsadore J. Stein, of Chicago, for appellant.\nTheodore Schmidt, P. J. Cronin, and Harry I. Parsons, all of Chicago, for appellee; Fay Warren Johnson, of Chicago, of counsel."
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