Waiswila v. Illinois Central Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Hugo Pam, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
delivered the. opinion of the court,
August 1, 1914, Kazimer Waiswila while employed by defendant was killed in its freight yards in Chicago. The administratrix brought suit to recover compensation under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and upon trial had a verdict and judgment for $12,500, and defendant appeals.
The gist of plaintiff’s claim was the violation by defendant of a custom that a locomotive working in the yards should, before starting from a stop, ring its bell to warn car sealers and other servants of defendant working in and about the freight cars, by reason whereof Waiswila,…
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