BARTON v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSP.

No. 1-99-2285.

757 N.E.2d 533 (2001)

325 Ill. App.3d 1005

258 Ill.Dec. 844

Rachel BARTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, n/k/a The Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clausen Miller, P.C., and Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Lisa Marco Kouba and Barbara I. Michaelides, of counsel), for Appellant.

Clifford Law Offices, Chicago (Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, David A. Novoselsky, Kevin M. Forde, Robert C. Sheridan and Leslie J. Rosen, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Rachel Barton filed suit against defendants Chicago & North Western Transportation Company, n/k/a the Union Pacific Railroad Company (CNW)1, and the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (NIRCRC), alleging that she was dragged by a train because defendants did not have a proper procedure to determine whether a passenger was caught in the train...

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