BAK v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 80-222.

93 Ill. App.3d 269 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 148

HARRY B. BAK, Ex'r of the Estate of Patricia D. Cushing, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied March 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Brooks, of Fawell, James & Brooks, of Naperville, for appellants.

John Newell, Kenneth J. Wysoglad, and Lewis Nixon, all of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Patricia D. Cushing (the decedent) died from an overdose of Darvon, a pain-killing drug, nine months after she slipped and fell on the stairs in the railroad station of the defendant, Burlington Northern, Inc. (Burlington). Harry B. Bak, as executor of the estate of the decedent, sued Burlington, alleging negligence in...

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