{"id":5600,"date":"2015-09-30T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:33:56","slug":"asbestos-jury-verdict-reversed-by-illinois-appellate-court-on-issue-of-sole-proximate-cause-where-prior-work-history-was-excluded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/asbestos-jury-verdict-reversed-by-illinois-appellate-court-on-issue-of-sole-proximate-cause-where-prior-work-history-was-excluded\/","title":{"rendered":"Asbestos Jury Verdict Reversed by Illinois Appellate Court on Issue of Sole Proximate Cause Where Prior Work History Was Excluded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th District of the Illinois Appellate Court in the case of a former railroad employee, James Smith, reversed the jury\u2019s verdict finding that the trial judge had been wrong in preventing the defendant from presenting evidence regarding the plaintiff\u2019s prior work history.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was a former railroad employee of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org\/pages\/627.html\">Illinois Central Railroad<\/a> who sued it for breach of duty to provide employees with a safe place to work under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Employers_Liability_Act\">Federal Employers\u2019 Liability Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was exposed to dust as a result of the use of asbestos products at the railroad yard, which included exposure to dust from the neighboring facility that made asbestos insulation. Smith had worked three months at the neighboring asbestos plant before he came to work for Illinois Central Railroad. He left that job because he said it was dirty.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/asbestos-jury-verdict-reversed-by-illinois-appellate-court-on-issue-of-sole-proximate-cause-where-prior-work-history-was-excluded\/#more-5600\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th District of the Illinois Appellate Court in the case of a former railroad employee, James Smith, reversed the jury\u2019s verdict finding that the trial judge had been wrong in preventing the defendant from presenting evidence regarding the plaintiff\u2019s prior work history. 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