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DYKES v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 60067.

106 Ill.2d 90 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 504

RALPH DYKES, Appellant, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Callis & Hartman, P.C., of Granite City (John T. Papa, of counsel), for appellant.

Pope & Driemeyer, of Belleville (Karl D. Dexheimer and James P. Leonard, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Ralph Dykes, was injured while setting the hand brake on one of his employer's locomotives. He brought this action against the employer, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, alleging a violation of the Safety Appliance Acts (45 U.S.C. secs. 1 through 16 (1982)), and he was awarded $18,000 in compensatory damages following a jury...

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