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EMME v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Gen. No. 47,837.

29 Ill. App.2d 97 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 507

Kenneth J. Emme, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

February 1, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Donnell & Schwartz, and Leo S. Karlin & Daniel Karlin, of Chicago (Leo S. Karlin, of counsel) for appellant.

Robert H. Bierma and A.L. Foster, and Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, of Chicago (Max E. Wildman and Frederick W. Temple, of counsel) for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment for $20,000 in a Federal Employers' Liability case. The principal issues are the adequacy of the damages awarded, the propriety of the court's conduct in answering a question asked by the jurors after they had retired to consider their verdict, and alleged error in an instruction relating to contributory negligence.

Plaintiff was employed as a...

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