TWENHAFEL v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R.R. CO.

No. 5-91-0230.

590 N.E.2d 1024 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 107

169 Ill.Dec. 105

Glenn M. TWENHAFEL, Sharon L. Twenhafel, and Mark A. Twenhafel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry N. Brown, Brown & Gavin, Belleville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas E. Jones, Leslie G. Offergeld, Walker & Williams, P.C., Belleville, for defendant-appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

An automobile being driven by Mark Twenhafel collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train at a railroad crossing located in Gorham, Illinois. Twenhafel was severely injured. Mark Twenhafel and his parents filed a complaint against the defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, alleging that the following acts of negligence were the proximate cause of the collision:

"(a) Failed to provide warning of...

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