Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, Tracy Templeton (Templeton), was an employee of the defendant, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (North Western). On January 27, 1984, Templeton was severely injured when he fell 31 feet through an opening in the deck of a railroad bridge to the ice below. At the time he was injured, Templeton was working on North Western's bridge spanning the Illinois River near Pekin, Illinois. Templeton...
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