POLTROCK v. CHICAGO & NORTH WEST. TRANSP. CO.

No. 86-882.

151 Ill. App.3d 250 (1986)

502 N.E.2d 1200

MICHAEL POLTROCK, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Mary Poltrock, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Brant, Myles L. Tobin, and Daniel J. Mohan, all of Chicago, for appellant.

John B. Kralovec, of William D. Maddux & Associates, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff and defendant cross-appeal from a jury verdict and judgment finding defendant guilty of negligence when one of its commuter trains struck and killed plaintiff's decedent while she was crossing defendant's tracks at its Ravenswood station. They raise as issues whether: (1) the circuit court erred in evidentiary rulings by (a) admitting a "police" accident report...

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