HENDERSON v. ILL. CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

Nos. 4-82-0254, 4-82-0289 cons.

114 Ill. App.3d 754 (1983)

449 N.E.2d 942

HEATHER HENDERSON, a Minor, by Jill Hudspeth, Her Mother and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. — HEATHER HENDERSON, a Minor, by Jill Hudspeth, Her Mother and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Dorris, of Jerome Mirza and Associates, Ltd., of Bloomington, for Heather Henderson and Jill Hudspeth.

George B. Gillespie, of Gillespie, Cadigan & Gillespie, of Springfield, for Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal has two core issues.

One involves a discovery sanction.

The other, evidence of prior accidents.

We reverse and remand.

As this case involves no question of the sufficiency of the evidence establishing defendant's liability, an extended recitation of the facts is not necessary. Suffice it to say that on January 13, 1977, there was a collision...

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