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SCHWARTZ v. ALTON & SOUTHERN RY.

No. 75-223.

38 Ill. App.3d 528 (1976)

347 N.E.2d 829

FRED SCHWARTZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE ALTON AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chapman & Chapman, Chartered, of Granite City (Gary E. Peel, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert W. Wilson and R. Frederick Melin, both of Burroughs, Simpson, Wilson, Hepler & Broom, of Edwardsville, for appellee Pacific Fruit Express Company.

John B. Gunn and Donald J. Dahlmann, both of Walker & Williams, of Belleville, for appellee Alton and Southern Railway Company.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff brought suit to recover for injuries received on May 27, 1970, during the course of his employment for Golden Dipt Company. Plaintiff attempted to close a door on a refrigerated railroad car owned by defendant Pacific Fruit Express, and supplied by defendant Alton and Southern Railway Company, by stepping across a space between a dockside and the car with one foot, placing it...

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