SARTORI v. WABASH R. CO.

No. 91 C 3241.

786 F.Supp. 718 (1992)

Michael SARTORI, Plaintiff, v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, and Norfolk and Western Railway Company, a Virginia Corporation, Defendants.

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

March 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Joseph Cullinan, Burke, Smith & Williams, Vincent Dominick Pinelli, Burke, Burns, Ellison & Pinelli, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Thomas John Healey, Jr., Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, Evan Burton Karnes, II, Law Offices of Evan B. Karnes II & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Sartori was a Chicago police officer who suffered severe injuries after tripping over a piece of railroad equipment while pursuing burglary suspects on a railroad right-of-way. He filed a one-count complaint alleging negligence against Defendants Wabash Railroad Co. ("Wabash") and Norfolk and Western Railway ("Norfolk") in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Defendants removed...

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