CRABTREE v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RY. CO.

No. 78-425.

89 Ill. App.3d 35 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 19

FREDERICK CRABTREE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Supplemental opinion filed on rehearing September 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, of Belleville (Richard M. Roessler, of counsel), for appellant.

John T. Pierce, Jr., of Pratt, Pierce, Bradford & Gitchoff, Ltd., of East Alton, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Frederick Crabtree, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Madison County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1976)) to recover damages for personal injuries to his lower back sustained as a result of the negligence of defendant, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. The...

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