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TEMPLETON v. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN TRANSP. CO.

No. 71783.

603 N.E.2d 441 (1992)

151 Ill.2d 325

177 Ill.Dec. 371

Tracy TEMPLETON, Appellant, v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Burke, Demos & Burke, Chicago, (David A. Novoselsky, of counsel), for Tracy Templeton.

Cornelius P. Callahan and Mark E. Christensen, Butler, Callahan & Ehret, and George H. Brant and Myles L. Tobin (Hugh C. Griffin, Lord, Bissell & Brook, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee.

Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Tracy Templeton, was an employee of the defendant railroad, Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company. On January 27, 1984, plaintiff was performing track work on a bridge located in Pekin, Illinois. Plaintiff fell through an opening in the bridge deck and landed on ice 31 feet below the bridge. Plaintiff filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act...

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