Manion v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

On November 14, 1949 Richard L. Manion, an employee of J. I. Case Company, while driving his employer’s automobile over an interplant railroad crossing of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company was struck by an engine owned and operated by the Railroad Company as a result of which he sustained severe personal injuries. Manion and his employer, the Case Company, were operating under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of this State and the locomotive of the Railroad Company was being operated by its employees in interstate commerce.

On May 18,1950, Mr. Manion filed this action against…