Adams v. Chicago & Erie Railroad

Supplemental Opinion.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act brought in the superior court of Cook county for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff on the night of December 5, 1938, while he was a switch-man employed by the defendant railroad. A jury found in special verdicts that the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce and that plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, and returned a general verdict for plaintiff for $50,000. The trial court after plaintiff remitted $15,000' denied defendants' motions on the verdict and for a new trial and entered judgment…