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CHOATE v. INDIANA HARBOR BELT R.R. CO.

No. 1-10-0209.

954 N.E.2d 760 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 677

Dominic CHOATE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD COMPANY, an Indiana Corporation; The Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company, an Illinois Corporation; and CSX Transportation, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing August 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fedota Childers, P.C. ( David R. Schmidt , George H. Brandt , of counsel), Mayer Brown, LLP ( Michele Odorizzi , of counsel), Chicago, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Evan M. Tager , Brian J. Wong , of counsel), for appellants.

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, Chicago ( Hugh C. Griffin , of counsel), Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, PC, Edwardsville ( Philip J. Lading , A. Courtney Cox , Anthony L. Martin , of counsel), Association of American Railroads ( Louis P. Warchot , Daniel Saphire , of counsel), Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP ( Mark A. Behrens , Christopher E. Appel , of counsel), Washington Legal Foundation ( Daniel J. Popeo , Richard, A. Samp , of counsel), Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.

Brustin & Lundblad, Ltd. ( Leslie J. Rosen , of counsel), Law Offices of Leslie J. Rosen ( Leslie J. Rosen , of counsel), Chicago, for appellees.

Rubin Machado & Rosenblum, Ltd., Chicago ( Richard J. Rosenblum , of counsel), for amicus curiae.

OPINION

Justice ROCHFORD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Minor-plaintiff,1 Dominic Choate, by Vickie Choate, his mother and next friend, and Vickie Choate, individually, brought a negligence action against defendants, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB), the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company (B & OCT), and CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX), to recover damages for personal...

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