Mathis v. Burlington Northern, Inc.

67 Ill. App.3d 1009 (1978)

385 N.E.2d 780

ROBERT D. MATHIS, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 76-508.

Illinois Appellate Court — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 29, 1978.

Rex Carr and David J. Letvin, both of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin and Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Karl D. Dexheimer, of Pope and Driemeyer, of Belleville, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

A jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County awarded a general verdict to the plaintiff, Mathis, in the amount of $183,000 and answered a special interrogatory finding the plaintiff…