Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Ry. Co. v. Hardwick
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action against an employer by an employe for personal injuries. Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, rendered by the Circuit Court of Coles County; the Hon. Francis M. Weight, Circuit Judge, presiding.
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Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for 813,200. The declaration contained five counts, the first of which averred that the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a switchman, and that while he was standing on the foot-board of a moving switch engine, in the performance of his duty, the foot board came in contact with the end of a plank (which was laid alongside the track) constituting a part of the crossing of B street, over the track, whereby he was thrown under the engine and seriously injured. In the second count it was averred that the rods…
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