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FRITZSCHE v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 5-97-0323.

707 N.E.2d 721 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 276

236 Ill.Dec. 594

Paul L. FRITZSCHE, Special Administrator of the Estate of Carol Ann Fritzsche, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant (Donald F. Cain, Defendant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Jones, Anthony L. Martin, Leslie G. Offergeld, Walker & Williams, P.C., Belleville, for appellant.

Rex Carr, Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Motroy, Cates & Glass, East St. Louis, for appellee.

Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Union Pacific Railroad Company, appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, Paul L. Fritzsche, special administrator of the estate of Carol Ann Fritzsche, in a wrongful-death action for the death of Paul L. Fritzsche's wife, Carol Fritzsche, killed in an automobile-train collision. The circuit court of Madison County entered judgment on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $4,300,000 reduced by 25...

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