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ENGEL v. CHICAGO & NW. TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 1-88-0074.

186 Ill. App.3d 522 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 729

JOHN ENGEL, a Minor by his Mother and Next Friend, Donna Hultman, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant (The Chicago Park District, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied August 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle & Gibbons, Chartered, of Chicago (Nancy Jo Arnold and Baker & McKenzie, of counsel), for appellant.

Hofeld & Schaffner, of Chicago (Albert F. Hofeld and Howard Schaffner, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

The minor plaintiff, John Engel, was severely injured when he jumped from a moving train. Following a jury trial, he was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages. The trial court subsequently vacated the punitive damages award, on post-trial motion, but upheld the jury's verdict as to liability and compensatory...

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