CONWAY v. BELT RY. CO. OF CHICAGO

Gen. No. 50,367.

88 Ill. App.2d 134 (1967)

232 N.E.2d 283

Leo William Conway, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Belt Railway Company of Chicago, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Greenwood Lumber, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing denied October 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Koproske and Glen H. Carrier, of Chicago (Glen H. Carrier, of counsel), for appellant.

Ernst Liebman and Charles Pressman, of Pressman & Hartunian, and Berchem, Schwantes & Thuma, of Chicago (Michael J. Thuma, of counsel), for appellees.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant Belt Railway appeals from a jury verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in an action for injuries sustained on August 12, 1958, while unloading beams from a gondola car delivered to plaintiff's employer, Greenwood Lumber, Inc., by The Belt Railway Company. There were six beams, each 49 feet in length, 9 inches wide and "V" shaped at the middle, packaged in two bundles, three beams to a bundle...

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