Kelley v. Illinois Central Railroad Company

Action for personal injuries under the Federal Employers Liability Act. 45 U.S.C.A., Secs. 51-60. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $45,000, and defendant appealed.

Plaintiff was a member of a section crew, and on September 17, 1941, was working, along with another crew, a few miles south of Mounds, Illinois. About midafternoon, plaintiff's foreman, Bird, and some of the men, went on a motorcar with trailer, from place where working, to Mounds. In a few minutes thereafter, another motorcar with trailer, remainder of the men, including plaintiff, in charge of foreman Dalton, followed the…