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LINDNER v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 13-1422.

762 F.3d 568 (2014)

Robert LINDNER, Special Administrator of the Estates of Burton R. Lindner and Zorine Lindner, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin H. Dunn , Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Andreoli , Union Pacific Railroad Company Law Department, Chicago, IL, Thomas E. Jones , Thompson Coburn , Belleville, IL, Alice E. Loughran , Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge, and KANNE and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Robert Lindner's parents were killed when a Union Pacific train derailed and caused a bridge to collapse. Soon after the accident, Lindner filed this wrongful-death action against Union Pacific in Illinois state court.

Union Pacific removed the case to federal court, asserting diversity jurisdiction: The Lindners were domiciled in Illinois, whereas Union Pacific is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Nebraska...

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