Gidley v. Chicago Short Line Railway Co.

At the hour of 8:40 P. M. on May 9, 1927, a switch engine operated by the Chicago Short Line Railway Company, plaintiff in error, collided with a spout of a coal chute which was also operated by plaintiff in error. Raymond E. Gidley, a switchman, defendant in error, who was in the gangway of the engine, jumped to the ground, sustaining a dislocated semi-lunar cartilage of the right knee. Gidley brought suit against plaintiff in error in the superior court of Cook county under the Federal Employer’s Liability act and upon a trial by jury obtained a verdict for $26,000. He remitted $12,000 and…