KILIAN v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 15684.

374 F.2d 61 (1967)

Robert KILIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

January 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Berman, Jay A. Schiller, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Howard F. Husum, Chicago, Ill., James O. Silliman, Chicago, Ill., Eckhart, McSwain, Hassell & Husum, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Robert Kilian, a citizen of Illinois, from an adverse judgment of the district court, entered in his diversity negligence action, in favor of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a Kentucky corporation, following a jury trial based upon the sole issue of liability.

On the date of the accident in question, May 31, 1962, Kilian was employed by the Western Union Company as a lineman. Western Union had entered...

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