DUNN v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO.

No. 4-90-0606.

574 N.E.2d 902 (1991)

215 Ill. App.3d 190

158 Ill.Dec. 789

Loren DUNN, As Administrator of the Estate of Reta Bryant, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee (George Shaw, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin, Nancy Shaw, of counsel), Craig & Craig, Mattoon (Richard F. Record, Jr., Kenneth F. Werts, of counsel), for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee.

Brent D. Holmes, Mitchell K. Shick, Heller, Holmes, Hefner & Eberspacher, Ltd., Mattoon, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 12, 1986, plaintiff Loren Dunn, as administrator of the estate of Reta Bryant, deceased, filed suit in the circuit court of Coles County against defendants Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG), George Shaw, and Elmer Black. Damages were sought for the allegedly wrongful death of the decedent and funeral expenses incurred as a result of a train, owned...

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