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PINKSTAFF v. PENN. RAILROAD CO.

No. 38461.

31 Ill.2d 518 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 512

KENNETH W. PINKSTAFF, Appellant, v. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 24, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellant.

ROBERT H. BIERMA and A.L. FOSTER, and KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, all of Chicago, (MAX E. WILDMAN and FREDERICK W. TEMPLE, of counsel,) for appellee.

Appellate Court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1957 plaintiff, Kenneth W. Pinkstaff, won a judgment on a jury verdict in a Federal Employer's Liability Act suit in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the amount of $50,000. Dissatisfied with the amount of the judgment, plaintiff took a sequence of unsuccessful appeals terminating in the denial by...

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