LEWIS v. COTTON BELT ROUTE-ST. LOUIS

No. 5-89-0798.

576 N.E.2d 918 (1991)

217 Ill. App.3d 94

159 Ill.Dec. 995

Mark LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COTTON BELT ROUTE—ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gunn & Leslie G. Offergeld, Walker & Williams, P.C., Belleville, for defendant-appellant.

John E. Norton, Belleville, Edward J. Kionka, Carbondale, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Judgment was entered against defendant, Cotton Belt Route—St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, on May 18, 1989, by the circuit court of St. Clair County following jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff, Mark Lewis, in the amount of $175,000 on count I of his Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq. (Law. Co-op. 1981)) complaint, for...

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