Simonich v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Frank L. Hooper, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Niehaus
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit brought by the appellee, John J. Simonich, in the circuit court of Will county, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, against the appellant, Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, for personal injuries which he claims he suffered while in the employ of the appellant. The appellee was employed in the company’s yard at Joliet as a freight handler. On the day of the injury, the appellant had received a freight car loaded with 63 bales of cotton, which had been shipped from Little Rock, Arkansas; there were -22 bales…
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