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REID v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 97-2677.

157 F.3d 1106 (1998)

Charles REID, a minor, by Lindell REID, his father and next friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Virginia Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt E. Reitz (argued), Thompson & Coburn, Belleville, IL, Russell Kenneth Benton (argued), Delano Law Offices, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas W. Alvey, Jr., Thompson & Coburn, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity suit, 15-year-old plaintiff-appellant Charles Reid ("Reid"), through his father, sued the defendant-appellee, Norfolk and Western Railway Company ("N & W") alleging that Reid sustained personal injuries as a result of the conduct of N & W and its agents, when he was struck by a freight train owned by N & W while trespassing on train tracks owned by N & W. The district court entered summary judgment in favor...

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