Grimm v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

In this action for personal injuries brought by plaintiff against defendant, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, a verdict for $2,000 and judgment thereon were entered in favor of plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.

The applicability of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to the instant case is not disputed.

Plaintiff was a brakeman on one of the defendant’s trains, which, at the time of the accident, was being-operated in and about the railway yards of the defendant near Kedzie avenue in Chicago. It appears that he was instructing another employee of defendant in the duties of a…