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WOODRUFF v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Gen. No. 49,318.

52 Ill. App.2d 341 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 113

Roy P. Woodruff, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied November 9, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henslee & Henslee, of Chicago (Robert E. Harrington and John J. Naughton, of counsel), for appellant.

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, of Chicago (Max E. Wildman and John M. O'Connor, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.

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

This is a Federal Employers' Liability Act case, in which plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, entered on a not guilty verdict. The plaintiff, Roy P. Woodruff, employed as a signalman for the defendant railroad, seeks to recover for back injuries received when he fell from a signal pole, contending that the pole climbing equipment (leg irons) furnished him by defendant was not reasonably...

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