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WOODS v. NEW YORK, C. & ST. L.R. CO.

Gen. No. 44,745.

339 Ill. App. 132 (1949)

88 N.E.2d 740

William Edward Woods, Appellee, v. New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 2, 1949.

Released for publication December 2, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WINSTON, STRAWN, SHAW & BLACK, of Chicago, for appellant; DOUGLAS C. MOIR, GEORGE B. CHRISTENSEN, and EDWARD J. WENDROW, all of Chicago, of counsel.

HARRY G. FUERST and SCHWARTZBERG & BARNETT, all of Chicago, for appellee; HARRY G. FUERST, of Chicago, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE NIEMEYER delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for $40,000 entered on a verdict in a personal injury action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCA secs. 51-59), Federal Safety Appliance Act (45 USCA sec. 11), and, by amendment made during the trial, the Federal Boiler Inspection Act (45 USCA sec. 23).

Plaintiff was injured in defendant's Fort Wayne...

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