KEMNER v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 5-84-0248.

133 Ill. App.3d 597 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 322

FRANCES E. KEMNER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant (Monsanto Company, Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Willamette Western Corporation, Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Heineman and Bruce D. Ryder, both of Coburn, Croft & Putzell, of Belleville, and James C. Craven, P.C., of Springfield, for appellant.

Rex Carr, of Belleville, for appellees.


Order affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves 22 consolidated actions brought against Norfolk and Western Railway Company and Monsanto Company (Monsanto) to recover for injuries allegedly arising out of a train derailment and dioxin spill in Sturgeon, Missouri. During the course of the trial, the court entered an order prohibiting Monsanto, maker of the chemicals...

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