Gidley v. Industrial Commission

On May 9, 1927, Raymond E. Gidley, the defendant in error, received personal injuries while working for the Chicago Short Line Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, through jumping off an engine which was about to collide with a coal chute. He started suit in the superior court of Cook county against the plaintiff in error for personal injuries under the Federal Employer’s Liability act, upon the theory that both he and his employer were engaged in interstate commerce at the time of the injury, and in that suit he secured a verdict of a jury awarding him damages in the sum of $26,000.…