Myrick v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Federal Employers’ Liability Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2017 IL App (1st) 161023
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded.
Justice: 
PIERCE

Plaintiff, a railroad company employee, filed Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) claims and negligence claim, for injuries he sustained after a railway company employee dropped him off at an unlit, hazardous location, and while walking he stepped in a snow-covered hole. Jury should have been allowed to consider evidence of other available drop-off locations that Defendants had previously used, to determine whether it was reasonable for Defendants to drop Plaintiff off in the location where they did. Alternative drop-off locations are relevant under FELA. (HYMAN and MASON, concurring.)