DOWNS v. BALTIMORE & OHIO R. CO.

Gen. No. 44,899.

345 Ill. App. 118 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 537

Richard Downs, Appellee, v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 2, 1952.

Released for publication January 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES F. WRIGHT, and E.W. LADEMANN, CHARLES F. WHITE, all of Chicago, for appellant; FAY WARREN JOHNSON, of Chicago, of counsel.

JOSEPH D. RYAN, LOUIS P. MILLER, and ARTHUR RYAN, all of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE TUOHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, appeals from a $75,000 judgment entered against it in favor of plaintiff, Richard Downs, upon a jury verdict for personal injuries in an action brought under provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act.

The accident happened on the night of May 24, 1947, while the boat S.B. Way, carrying ore...

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