Legal Opinion
Perez v. Baltimore and Ohio R. Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 24, 1960No. Gen. 47,749PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING- JUSTICE DEMPSEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
A verdict of not guilty was returned in this personal injury suit, which charged that the defendants failed to provide the plaintiff with reasonably safe tools and with a reasonably safe place to work. The plaintiff complains of the admission of improper evidence, of the giving of erroneous instructions and of the prejudicial misconduct of the defendants’ attorney.
The plaintiff was employed as a laborer. On February 27, 1956, he was a member of a five-man section crew engaged in tightening track bolts with wrenches furnished by the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bowman v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Garvey v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1930
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. PettersIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Illinois Central Railroad v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Pennell v. Baltimore & Ohio Ry. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1957
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Moore v. Jewel Tea Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1969
- Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Richichi v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
- Wright v. RoyseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1963
- Battershell v. Bowman Dairy Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1961
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