CHAMPLIN v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORP.

No. 02 C 1966.

385 F.Supp.2d 720 (2005)

Christine CHAMPLIN and Charlie B. Romstad, as joint personal representatives of the estate of Stella Riehl, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION, a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Nolan, Albert E. Durkin, William J. Jovan, Nolan Law Group, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Susan Kay Laing, Mark A. Pellegrino, Anderson, Rasor & Partners, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Cara J. Luther, Baum Hedlund, PC, Washington, DC, for Intervenor, Adolph Riehl.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

On March 17, 2001, an Amtrak train on the California Zephyr line derailed outside of Nodaway, Iowa, killing one of its passengers, Stella Riehl (decedent). A year and one day after decedent's death, plaintiffs, decedent's two children, Christine Champlin and Charlie Romstad, brought a wrongful death and survival action, as the personal representatives of her estate, against defendants Burlington...

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