Legal Opinion
Dykes v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 23, 1984No. 83—129PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones
Plaintiff, Ralph Dykes, brought this action to recover damages from the defendant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, for injury resulting to him from an alleged violation of the Federal Safety Appliance Act (Act) (45 U.S.C. sec. 1 et seq. (1970)). The plaintiff, who was injured when he attempted to set a hand brake on a locomotive engine upon which he was working, alleged that the hand brake was defective and that this defect constituted a violation of the Act. Following a jury trial, the trial court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $18,000. On…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Southern Railway Co. v. CrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Davis v. ManrySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Pennell, Administratrix, v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dykes v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1985