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SKINNER v. BAKER

No. 77-3.

67 Ill. App.3d 773 (1978)

384 N.E.2d 1360

FLOYD J. SKINNER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees and Appellants, v. GEORGE P. BAKER et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Harrington and John J. Naughton, both of Chicago (Harrington & Harrington, Ltd., and Henslee, Monek & Henslee, of counsel), for appellants Floyd J. Skinner et al.

James R. Gannon, Damien T. Wren, and Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, all of Chicago (Ronald J. Hoenig and Douglas A. Lindsay, of counsel), for appellant Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (Max E. Wildman, Mark C. Fedota, and Kay L. Schichtel, of counsel), for appellees George P. Baker, Richard C. Bond, and Jervis Langdon, Jr.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BROWN1 delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an action brought by plaintiffs, Floyd J. Skinner and John E. Guttery, to recover for severe and permanent injuries sustained by Skinner and Guttery when they were struck from behind by a train owned and being operated by defendant, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (hereinafter "B&O"). Plaintiff's complaint alleged that...

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