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POWERS v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

No. 54720.

91 Ill.2d 375 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 152

STEVEN LYNN POWERS, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, of Belleville (Richard E. Boyle and William P. Gavin, of counsel), for appellant.

Rex Carr and Jeanne Sathre, of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from an action brought by Steven Lynn Powers in the circuit court of St. Clair County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq. (1970)). The plaintiff complained of back injuries sustained while employed by the...

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