Pinkstaff v. Pennsylvania Railroad

On November 5, 1957 plaintiff had judgment in the amount of $50,000 against defendant on a jury verdict in a FELA action growing out of a switching operation on one of defendant’s terminal tracks in which plaintiff was injured. Plaintiff was dissatisfied with the amount of the judgment. Motion for a new trial was overruled. Plaintiff then appealed to this court where the judgment was affirmed (23 Ill App2d 507, 163 NE2d 728 (1959)). On review in the Supreme Court of Illinois the judgment was again affirmed (20 Ill2d 193, 170 NE2d 139 (I960)); ultimately, petition for certiorari to the Supreme…