Hopgood v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

This interlocutory appeal is brought by the defendants, Manufacturers’ Railway Company (hereinafter MRC) and St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company (hereinafter SLRC), pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (87 Ill. 2d R. 308). The plaintiff, Stanley Hopgood, an employee of SLRC, was injured during the course of his employment with SLRC and brought suit against SLRC, MRC, and AnheuserBusch, Inc. (hereinafter Busch), pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq. (1976)) (hereinafter FELA), which provides for the liability of common carriers by railroad, in interstate or…