Rucker v. Illinois Terminal Railroad

The plaintiff-respondent Rucker, 36 years old at the time of the casualty on October 18,1950, sustained injuries to his back in the sacral region [the lowest part of the spine joining the pelvis]. At the time he was working as a lineman with another employee Langendorf for the appellant Illinois Terminal Company at or near the McKinley Bridge in north St. Louis. They were attempting to place an 8 foot crossarm weighing 55 or 60 pounds in a position on a pole. He was on the pole helping to support the weight of the crossarm when his fellow employee Langendorf released his hold on it while it…