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DECKERT v. CHICAGO & E.I.R. CO.

Term No. 54-O-13.

4 Ill. App.2d 483 (1955)

124 N.E.2d 372

Carl Arthur Deckert, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied February 23, 1955.

Released for publication March 3, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burroughs, Simpson & Burroughs, Gordon Burroughs, of Edwardsville, for appellant; Patrick C. Mullen, of Chicago, and Harold G. Talley, of Alton, of counsel.

Listeman and Bandy, of East St. Louis, and Miller & Pfaff, of Salem, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Carl Arthur Decker, while employed by the defendant railroad in a roundhouse, fell from a height of about 20 feet onto a concrete floor and suffered severe injuries. He brought this suit, alleging that the Federal Employers Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A., secs. 51-59) applied, and charged that the defendant was negligent in furnishing him with incompetent...

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