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DAVIS v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP.

Nos. 85-2137, 85-2157.

788 F.2d 1260 (1986)

Lonny DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRAILER TRAIN COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Gunn, Walker & Williams P.C., Belleville, Ill., Barry L. Kroll, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant, third-party plaintiff-appellee.

Mark E. Goodman, Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft, Claton, Mo., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 8, 1986.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a personal injury suit under the diversity jurisdiction; the substantive issues are governed by the tort law of Illinois. The suit arises from an accident that occurred in 1983. The plaintiff, Davis, was 33 years old at the time, an experienced railroad worker who for the past six years had been employed as an inspector of cars by...

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