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IND. HARBOR BELT R. CO. v. AM. CYANAMID CO.

Nos. 80 C 1857, 80 C 2190 and 80 C 6762.

517 F.Supp. 314 (1981)

INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Defendants. James SANDERS, Plaintiff, v. INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant. James SANDERS, Plaintiff, v. NORTH AMERICAN CAR CORP., a Delaware Corp.; American Cyanamid Co., a Maine Corp.; Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., a Delaware Corp.; and Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co., an Indiana Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois.

June 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna M. Kelly, Chicago, Ill., for Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.

Ann Peterson, Wildman, Harold Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for American Cyanamid.

James Teykl, Anthony Scariano & Associates, Chicago Heights, Ill., for James Sanders.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

These diversity actions involve allegations of negligence and strict liability in tort as a result of an accident involving spillage of acrylonitrile, a hazardous and toxic substance. Defendant American Cyanamid Company ("Cyanamid"), manufacturer and shipper of the acrylonitrile, arranged for defendant Missouri Pacific to transport the substance in a leased car from Louisiana to Indiana Harbor Belt Railway's (...

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