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POWERS v. ILL. CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

No. 79-505.

92 Ill. App.3d 1033 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 1161

STEVEN LYNN POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, of Belleville (Richard E. Boyle, of counsel), for appellant.

Rex Carr and David J. Letvin, both of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Steven Lynn Powers, brought this action in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for injuries to his back sustained as a result of the negligence of the defendant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company. Judgment was entered on a jury verdict for $300,000. Defendant...

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