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CRUZ v. GULF, M. & O.R. CO.

Term No. 55-M-16.

7 Ill. App.2d 209 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 272

Victor Cruz, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication October 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gillespie, Burke & Gillespie, of Springfield, and I.H. Streeper, III, of Alton, for defendant-appellant; Harold R. Clark, and Harold G. Talley, both of Alton, of counsel.

Morris B. Chapman, of Granite City, for plaintiff-appellee; John Gitchoff, of Granite City, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, Victor Cruz, an employee in interstate commerce of the defendant railroad, brought this suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. He obtained a verdict of $6,000 for injuries incurred as a result of the alleged negligence of a fellow employee in lifting and moving a handcar from the main tracks. Defendant's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for new trial were denied and...

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