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SMITH v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

Gen. No. 60-F-12.

29 Ill. App.2d 168 (1960)

172 N.E.2d 803

Roger Smith, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Freels, Robert S. Kirby, of Chicago, and Gordon Burroughs, of Edwardsville, for appellant.

Hubbell and Mattes, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Goldenhersh and Goldenhersh, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

CULBERTSON, J.

This appeal results from a verdict returned in the Circuit Court of Madison County upon which judgment was entered for $50,000 as against the defendant Railroad. The action was under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The damages sustained by plaintiff consisted of a loss of two fingers of the left hand.

Plaintiff was thirty years of age and sustained his injuries under circumstances justifying a recovery. No questions are raised by the pleadings...

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