VEGA v. NORTHEAST ILL. REG. COMMUTER R.R.

Nos. 1-05-1888, 1-05-3169.

863 N.E.2d 733 (2007)

309 Ill.Dec. 101

Tanya VEGA and Jose Vega, Indiv. and as Parents and Next Friends of Bryanna Vega, a Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION, d/b/a Metra; and Chicago Park District, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

February 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Power Rogers & Smith, PC, Chicago (Thomas G. Siracusa, of counsel), for Appellant.

Sue-Ann Rosen and Michael Noland of Metra Law Department, Chicago; Jay S. Judge and Kathryn James Anderlik, of Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC, Park Ridge (Jay S. Judge, Kathryn James Anderlik and Sue-Ann Rosen, of counsel), for Appellee Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter R.R. Corp.

Jeanne G. Toft of Chicago Park District, Chicago, for Appellee Chicago Park District.


Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Tanya and Jose Vega appeal from orders of summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp., doing business as Metra, and the Chicago Park District. Plaintiffs' eight-year-old daughter Bryanna was struck and injured by a Metra train as she crossed a railroad track adjacent to Ridge Park, a city park, on July 26...

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