Reese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

On February 22, 1968, plaintiff’s decedent, Lowell Reese, was supervising a crew of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad employees as they worked along tracks near Walnut, Illinois. The men were loading equipment onto a flatcar using a Schield Bantam crane manufactured by appellant Koehring Company. There were'two powered cables, operating on separate drums on the crane; the right cable was being employed to lift materials and equipment, while the left cable held a “clam shell” bucket suspended at the top of the boom. The 1,200-pound bucket was not in use during the loading operation, and to…