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INDIANA HARBOR BELT R. CO. v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

No. 80 C 1857.

662 F.Supp. 635 (1987)

INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

June 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna M. Kelly, Indiana Harbor Belt R. Co., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Thomas A. Allen, Ann C. Petersen, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

En route from one of defendant American Cyanamid Company's (Cyanamid) plants to another, a railroad tank car filled with acrylonitrile, a flammable and toxic liquid chemical, sprang a leak. Between 2,000 and 4,000 gallons of the chemical spilled out in plaintiff Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad's (IHB) Blue Island freight yard in the Chicago suburbs. The spill forced the temporary evacuation of about 3,000 people....

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