SCHROEDER v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Nos. 16197, 16199.

397 F.2d 452 (1968)

Helen SCHROEDER, Administrator of the Estate of Ralph C. Schroeder, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The WILLETT COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Reed, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for third party defendant-appellee, Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Cornelius P. Callahan, Chicago, Ill., for Pennsylvania R.R. Co.

Before KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, KILEY, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

No. 16197

Helen Schroeder, administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, Ralph C. Schroeder, instituted an action against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company to recover damages on behalf of herself and her two minor children resulting from the death of her husband. The original complaint, as amended, sought recovery under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. The court allowed the issue of liability...

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