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WELLS v. GULF, MOBILE & OHIO R. CO.

Gen. No. 66-82.

82 Ill. App.2d 30 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 662

Albert Lee Wells, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied June 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gillespie, Burke & Gillespie, of Springfield, and Griffith & Hoefert, of Alton (John W. Hoefert, Louis F. Gillespie, George B. Gillespie, and Robert E. Gillespie, of counsel), for appellant.

Chapman, Strawn & Kinder, of Granite City (Morris B. Chapman and Norman H. Kinder, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.

GOLDENHERSH, J.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $75,000.

Plaintiff's complaint states a cause of action based upon the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCA § 51 et seq.) arising out of an occurrence in April, 1963, while plaintiff was employed as a pipefitter in defendant's yards at St. Louis, Missouri. In its answer, as an affirmative defense, defendant pleaded...

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