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BANKSTON v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY. CO.

No. 82-1243.

128 Ill. App.3d 166 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 512

JAMES C. BANKSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Rehearing denied November 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius P. Callahan, of Chicago, for appellant.

Corboy & Demetrio, of Chicago (Jeffrey A. Kripton, Robert A. Clifford, and Dean A. Robb, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James C. Bankston, brought this action for damages against defendant, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company (hereinafter C&O) under the Federal Boiler Inspection Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 22 et seq. (1982)), alleging that he sustained injuries in a fall on the outside catwalk of a locomotive. The jury returned a $300,000 verdict in favor of Bankston and against the C&O...

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