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NOAKES v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

Nos. 1-99-1092, 1-99-1093.

729 N.E.2d 59 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 965

246 Ill.Dec. 59

Dwayne NOAKES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

April 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooney and Cooney, James E. Ocasek, Chicago, for Appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Diane I. Jennings, Susan K. Laing, Leslie J. Rosen, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Dwayne Noakes sued National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) under the Federal Employers' Liability Act 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1988) (FELA). He later voluntarily dismissed the case, and then he tried to resurrect it in two different ways. He filed a new lawsuit, but the trial court dismissed it under the FELA statute of limitations. He then moved to vacate the voluntary dismissal, but the trial...

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