Legal Opinion
Argueta v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 19, 1991No. 1-89-2813PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiffs, Frank Argueta and Barton Kohl, employed as car-men by the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT), were injured on the job while riding in the cab of a gantry crane when a spindle pin attaching one of the crane’s wheels fractured, causing the wheel to snap off and the crane to collapse.
The plaintiffs brought an action against B&OCT under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (45 U.S.C. §51 et seq. (1988)) alleging that B&OCT failed to provide a safe work place. The plaintiffs also sued Parsec, Inc.,…
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