BARRETT v. TOLEDO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 14373.

334 F.2d 803 (1964)

Lucian L. BARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOLEDO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Cassidy, Sr., Cassidy & Cassidy, Peoria, Ill., for appellant.

John J. Naughton, Chicago, Ill., Hollis W. Benjamin, Peoria, Ill., Henslee & Henslee, Keith E. Roberts, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and CASTLE and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This case was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for injuries sustained by the alleged negligence of defendant in failing to use ordinary care to provide plaintiff with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work. The case was tried to a jury, which rendered a verdict favorable to plaintiff. From a judgment entered thereon, defendant appeals.

The District Judge denied...

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