MOORE v. BALTIMORE & O.C.T.R. CO.

Gen. No. 45,948.

351 Ill. App. 22 (1953)

113 N.E.2d 481

Futher Moore, Appellant, v. Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication August 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RITSOS & RITSOS, and MARION J. HANNIGAN, all of Chicago, for appellant; MARION J. HANNIGAN, and G.A. BOSOMBURG, both of Chicago, of counsel.

ERICH W. LADEMANN, and BARRETT, BARRETT, COSTELLO & BARRETT, all of Chicago, for appellee; GEORGE F. BARRETT, JOHN W. COSTELLO, and EDWARD WOLFE, all of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE TUOHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff sued defendant, his employer, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for damages allegedly resulting from defendant's failure to furnish plaintiff a safe place in which to work. The case was tried before a court and jury resulting in a verdict of not guilty, upon which verdict judgment was entered.

It is contended (a) that the verdict and judgment are contrary to the manifest weight of the...

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