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CHICAGO PARK DIST. v. CNW TRANSP. CO.

No. 1-90-2721.

607 N.E.2d 1300 (1992)

240 Ill. App.3d 839

180 Ill.Dec. 787

The CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, a municipal corporation and California Union Insurance Co., a foreign corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant (John Engel, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connelly, Musters & Schroeder, Chicago (Michael P. Connelly & Patrick J. Falahee, Jr., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (Patricia J. Prange, Nancy G. Lischer & Brian F. Barov, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court.

In an earlier appeal, this court affirmed a $5 million verdict against the Chicago Park District and in favor of John Engel, a minor, who was severely injured as he climbed down from a moving freight train. (Engel v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. (1989), 186 Ill.App.3d 522, 134 Ill.Dec. 383, 542 N.E.2d 729, appeal...

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