MARGEVICH v. CHICAGO & N.W. RY. CO.

Gen. No. 46,055.

1 Ill. App.2d 162 (1953)

116 N.E.2d 914

John Margevich, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 20, 1954.

Released for publication February 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOWELL HASTINGS, DRENNAN J. SLATER, and GERALD M. CHAPMAN, all of Chicago, for appellants.

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.) by a railroad repairman. Verdict was for plaintiff in the amount of $37,500. Plaintiff remitted $7,500, and judgment was entered for $30,000. Defendant has appealed.

The accident occurred on September 18, 1948. Plaintiff was then sixty-six years old and had been a car repairman for defendant for twenty-eight years. When...

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