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RHODES v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.R.

No. 78667.

665 N.E.2d 1260 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 213

Cora Lee RHODES, as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Carl Rhodes, Deceased, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Carlson and James E. Taylor, of Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Michael Noland, of counsel), for appellant.

Jerome Mirza & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Jerome Mirza and Eileen M. O'Sullivan, of counsel), for appellee.

Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., Chicago (Ruth M. Degnan and Devon C. Bruce, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Phelan, Cahill & Quinlan, Ltd., Chicago (William R. Quinlan and Mary Patricia Benz, of counsel), for amicus curiae Chicago Transit Authority.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Cora Lee Rhodes, as special administrator of the estate of Carl Rhodes, deceased, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking damages for Carl's death from the defendant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG). The plaintiff charged that ICG should be held liable for failing to provide assistance to Carl when he was found injured in an unmanned ICG train station. Following...

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