Walsh v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

On July 24, 1942, plaintiff, while employed as an electrician at the armor plant then being constructed by General Steel Castings Company at Madison, Illinois, was injured, during a switching operation, when he jumped out of the freight car which he was assisting in unloading. The freight car was loaded with 18 reels of electric cable, each weighing from 1800 to 2200 pounds. He sued defendant, Terminal Railroad Association, alleging its servants and agents coupled a locomotive into the car in which he was working, causing the reels of cable to roll and shift, and making it highly dangerous…