KOEHLER v. ILL. CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

No. 5-83-0401.

123 Ill. App.3d 1038 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 918

FRED A. KOEHLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Nash and James R. Garrison, both of Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, of Belleville, for appellant.

C.E. Heiligenstein and Brad L. Badgley, both of Belleville, and James H. Cooksey, of Centralia, for appellee.


Order reversed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Fred A. Koehler instituted this action against his employer, defendant Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, in the circuit court of St. Clair County. He alleged in his complaint that he had been wrongfully discharged from his employment for exercising his rights under the Federal Employers' Liability Act or FELA (45 U.S.C. sec. 51 et seq.). The defendant moved to...

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