Legal Opinion
Edward J. Caillouette v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1983No. 82-1389PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company (“the Railroad”) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Edward J. Caillouette in the amount of $81,-000.00. The action was brought pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. For the reasons below, we affirm.
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Caillouette was a switchman employed by the Railroad since 1969. His job was to couple tracks and switch trains within the Railroad’s Barr Yard switching yard located in Riverdale, Illinois. The yard spanned a distance of several blocks, bounded by Ash-land Avenue on the…
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