Opinion ID: 2077880
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Heading: harold a. guderjan

Text: The facts pertaining to the injury of Harold A. Guderjan and to the visits of the respondent, at the hospital, to see him and secure his signature to a contract to retain the services of McDonald, De Parcq and Davis, as attorneys, are set forth in the majority opinion and are incorporated by reference. Walter Dew, presently a garage and service station owner, testified for respondent stating that during the time in question he was a brakeman on the Santa Fe, and was secretary-treasurer of Lodge 285 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; that it was his duty as such officer to notify the general office at Cleveland of the injury of any member of the lodge; that he did so notify that office of the injury of brother H.A. Guderjan; that he talked with Mrs. Guderjan by telephone and she asked him to have someone from the office of the regional attorney call on her; that he called McDonald and De Parcq at Minneapolis and they told him that they would have respondent call on Guderjan; that respondent called and asked Dew to meet him at the Custer Hotel in Galesburg at 3:30 P.M. on a given date in the early part of October, 1945; that respondent did not appear at the hotel at the appointed time and Dew later learned that respondent's train had arrived approximately one and one half hours late; that Dew was compelled to report for work before the train arrived; and that respondent went to the hospital alone to see Guderjan. Respondent also introduced in evidence as exhibit 27, a letter from the Cleveland office of the brotherhood addressed to Dew, bearing date September 28, 1945, which acknowledged receipt of Dew's report of the Guderjan injury and which stated  and trust it has been possible for you to advise Brother Guderjan of the services that are available to him through the Legal Aid Department of the Brotherhood. Mrs. Guderjan, on rebuttal, denied ever having any conversation with Dew.