Reese v. Illinois Terminal Railroad Company

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a $30,000 judgment rendered in plaintiff’s action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq., for personal injuries sustained February 8, 1951, when plaintiff on duty as a switchman in defendant’s employ, slipped and fell when operating Switch No. 5 in defendant’s McKinley Yards at Madison, Illinois.

Plaintiff had alleged,

“5. That on the date aforesaid, and for several days prior thereto, the weather had been generally inclement and vast amounts of snow, sleet and ice were permitted to gather in the area immediately…