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BOWMAN v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

Gen. No. 46,705.

9 Ill. App.2d 182 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 558

Elizabeth B. Bowman, as Conservator of Person and Estate of Charles Dale Bowman, Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication March 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd E. Thompson, Herbert J. Deany, Robert S. Kirby, Charles J. O'Laughlin, and Joseph H. Wright, of Chicago, for defendant-appellant; Joseph H. Wright, and Johnston, Thompson, Raymond & Mayer, all of Chicago, of counsel.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

JUDGE NIEMEYER delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for $200,000 entered in plaintiff's action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A., sec. 51) for injuries sustained by her ward and son, Charles Dale Bowman (hereinafter called Bowman), a locomotive fireman employed by defendant, in jumping from a moving engine just before it collided with the caboose of a standing train. He was thrown against a cement milepost and...

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