Oltersdorf v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

David Oltersdorf (plaintiff) brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, for injuries in the course of duty, against Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company (defendant). A jury awarded plaintiff $1 million. Defendant appeals.

In this court, defendant contends the trial court erred in refusing to give defendant’s requested special interrogatories relating to the plaintiff’s contributory negligence; in refusing to allow evidence of the impact of taxation on plaintiff’s projected future lost earnings; in refusing to…