Appellate Court of Illinois February 14, 1893 (Chicago & North-Western Railway Co. v. Kane)

Opinion of the Court,

Gary, P. J.

Such is the order of nature, that the thoughtlessness of a moment is often more severely punished than is the grossest moral delinquency.

Juries will permit their sympathy for misfortune to control their judgment, and the unpleasant duty is thrown upon the courts to set aside verdicts which violate principles of law in the interest of suffering victims.