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LANGENHORST v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 99924.

848 N.E.2d 927 (2006)

219 Ill.2d 430

302 Ill.Dec. 363

Rita LANGENHORST, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Gerald Langenhorst, Deceased, Appellee, v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas Q. Keefe, Jr., Belleville, for appellee.

Brian M. Wendler, of Wendler & Ezra, P.C., Collinsville, amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Plaintiff, Rita Langenhorst, as special administrator of the estate of Gerald Langenhorst, deceased, brought a wrongfuldeath action in the circuit court of St. Clair County against defendants, Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk), Jimmy Ellis, Samuel Baggett, and Keith Egmon. Plaintiff sought damages for the death of Gerald Langenhorst, resulting from a train-motor vehicle accident occurring...

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