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LANCASTER v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 84-2768.

773 F.2d 807 (1985)

Gary C. LANCASTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1985.

As Amended September 17, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Baker, Law Office of James P. Baker, Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Ronald L. Carpel, Coral Gables, Fla., Frank H. Byers, Byers, Byers & Greenleaf, Decatur, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 18, 1985.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by the Norfolk and Western from a judgment for $850,000 in a suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60) by a former employee of the railroad, Gary Lancaster, presents issues of labor and tort law in a bizarre factual setting.

The jury could have found the following facts in favor...

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