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LOWE v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 80-464.

96 Ill. App.3d 637 (1981)

421 N.E.2d 971

RICHARD G. LOWE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants. — (MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Newbold, Gregory H. Wolk, and Kurtis B. Reeg, all of Colburn, Croft & Putzell, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Edward G. Maag and James C. Cook, both of Walker & Williams, P.C., of Belleville, for appellant.

Paul L. Pratt and Randolph E. Schum, both of Paul L. Pratt, P.C., of East Alton, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

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

Plaintiffs are 26 Missouri residents who are alleged to have been injured as result of a railroad chemical spill which occured near Sturgeon, Missouri. They each filed separate suits in Madison County, Illinois, for compensatory and punitive damages, and the 26 suits were consolidated for purposes of discovery. Thereafter, defendant, Monsanto Company, filed an action, "in...

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