Rylander v. Chicago Short Line Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant railroad in placing for loading at the plant of the plaintiff’s employer a defective tank car on which the plaintiff was working when he was injured. The superior court of Cook County entered judgment upon a verdict for the plaintiff and the Appellate Court affirmed. (19 Ill. App. 2d 29.) We allowed the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal, primarily to re-examine the effect of the Workmen’s Compensation Act upon a common-law action for negligence brought by an employee injured…