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REARDON v. PEORIA & PEKIN UNION RY. CO.

No. 93-3499.

26 F.3d 52 (1994)

William D. REARDON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEORIA & PEKIN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Petro (argued), E. Daniel Petro, Petro & Petro, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Morrison (argued), Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, Peoria, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and DILLIN, District Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A railroad must take precautions to protect its employees against foreseeable crimes committed by strangers. Lillie v. Thompson, 332 U.S. 459, 68 S.Ct. 140, 92 L.Ed. 73 (1947). A locomotive engineer, whose eye was put out by a pellet fired from a BB gun as the train rolled slowly near a public housing project, sued his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60...

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