Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1913 — HAYNES HACKETT WINS BIG VICTORY [ARTICLE]

HAYNES HACKETT WINS BIG VICTORY

Monon Switchman Who Lost Both Legs Six Years Ago Will Re- . ceive $35,000 in Cash. Haynes Hackett, the Monon switchman who lost both of his legs while at work in the yards of the Monon railroad at Monon six years ago, will receive $30,000 and interest amounting to $5,000 more, the supreme court of the United States ha y in g upheld the cons tit utionality of the employers’ liability law and sustained a judgment of the lower court. Hackett is known to many people in Rensselaer. He has made a long fight in an effort to collect from the railroad for the loss of his legs. He has refused offers of compromise and held firmly to his attorneys, who carried his case to the U. S. supreme court. The decision is important as affecting many cases involving an application of the employers' liability law passed in 1893.