NAT'L R.R. PASSENGER CORP. v. CROWN-TRYGG CORP.

No. 87-1609.

170 Ill. App.3d 946 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 954

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CROWN-TRYGG CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Richard F. Johnson, Hugh C. Griffin, and Diane L. Jennings, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward H. Nielsen, of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, of Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers and Robert J. Franco, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

More than five years after the occurrence, the plaintiff, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), filed a complaint against the defendants, Crown-Trygg Corporation and Carl Standmeyer, Jr. (collectively, Crown-Trygg), for property damage arising out of a collision at a railroad crossing between an Amtrak train and a Crown-Trygg truck driven by Standmeyer. Crown-Trygg...

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