This is a suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on July 9, 1963, when he operated a railroad switch in defendant's South Chicago yard.
After a trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, awarding damages of $144,000 for which sum the District Court...
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