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MATHIS v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 76-508.

67 Ill. App.3d 1009 (1978)

385 N.E.2d 780

ROBERT D. MATHIS, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Carr and David J. Letvin, both of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin and Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Karl D. Dexheimer, of Pope and Driemeyer, of Belleville, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County awarded a general verdict to the plaintiff, Mathis, in the amount of $183,000 and answered a special interrogatory finding the plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence. The trial court entered judgment for the defendant, Burlington Northern, Inc., and it is from that judgment that...

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