Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Hackett
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE APPELLATE COURT, FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts which involve the constitutionality of the statute of Indiana abolishing as to railroad companies the fellow-servant defense, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lubton
This is a personal-injury case. The plaintiff, Ilaynes L. Hackett, was a yard switchman in the employ of the railroad company. While engaged in switching cars in the yard of the company -at Monon, Indiana, on February 4, 1907, he was injured through the negligence of another, servant of the company who was his immediate superior as yard foreman. He brought this action in the Supreme Court of Cook County, Illinois, and recovered a judgment for $30,000, for the loss of both legs. This was affirmed by the Appellate Court of Illinois, which was the highest court of the State to which the case…
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