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RIGGS v. PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 18769.

442 F.2d 105 (1971)

Charles RIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Huszagh, Herbert D. Jones, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Calvin K. Hubbell, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and KERNER, Circuit Judge.

CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Charles Riggs, plaintiff-appellant, brought this Federal Employers' Liability Act action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the negligence of the defendant-appellee railroad1 in failing to provide him with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work. The cause was tried to a jury. The defendant railroad made a motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff...

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