Legal Opinion
Dragon Mraovic v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 8, 1990No. 89-1049PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Dragon Mraovic was an employee of El-gin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (Elgin). While on duty, he injured his arm shutting a glass window in the lunchroom. He sued the railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. A jury found the railroad not liable for Mraovic’s injuries. He appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for a new trial. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Elgin employed Mraovic as an electrician. On a cold day in March 1984, he arrived for work and entered the employees’ lunchroom. There he found an open window of the type used in schools — high in a wall,…
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