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ZOOK v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 4-94-0129.

642 N.E.2d 1348 (1994)

268 Ill. App.3d 157

205 Ill.Dec. 231

Danny W. ZOOK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Fick (argued), Rhonda L. Richards, Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, Decatur, for appellant.

Harlan Heller (argued), H. Kent Heller, William R. Tapella, Heller, Holmes & Associates, P.C., Mattoon, Curtis A. Anderson, Anderson & Anderson, Danville, for appellee.

Justice LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Danny Zook was critically injured when a freight train owned by defendant Norfolk & Western Railroad (Railroad) struck the grain truck plaintiff was driving over a railroad crossing on October 21, 1986. Following a trial in Vermilion County, the jury returned a verdict itemizing damages totaling $1.9 million against the Railroad. The circuit court subsequently entered judgment on the verdict. The Railroad...

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