Harrison v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

Plaintiff Robert Harrison brought suit under the Federal Employees’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §51 et seq. (1988)) (FELA) for injuries sustained while an employee of defendant Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. The jury returned a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appeals on grounds that: (1) the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) the trial court erred by allowing the testimony of a defense witness whose statement had not been revealed to plaintiff until shortly before trial, not requiring defendant to produce the witness’ personnel file, and…