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CHANDLER v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

No. 94907.

798 N.E.2d 724 (2003)

207 Ill.2d 331

278 Ill.Dec. 340

Paulette CHANDLER, Adm'r of the Estate of Douglas Chandler, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 2, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt E. Reitz and Heath H. Hooks, Belleville (Thompson Coburn, L.L.P., of counsel), for appellant.

Bruce N. Cook, of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd., Belleville, for appellee.

Vincent B. Browne and Kenneth J. Sophie, Jr., of Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 16, 1997, a motor vehicle driven by Douglas Chandler collided with a railroad train owned and operated by defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company (Illinois Central), at the Center Street crossing in Tilden, Illinois. Chandler sustained fatal injuries in the collision. Plaintiff, Paulette Chandler, administrator of decedent's estate, filed an action under the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/1 et...

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