WARDWELL v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 120438.

2017 IL 120438

CHRISTOPHER WARDWELL, Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed February 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson Coburn LLP, of Chicago ( Thomas E. Jones and Crystal M. Campbell , of counsel), for appellant.

Mark P. Dupont , of Bigfork, Montana, for appellee.

Robert E. Harrington III , of Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice Kilbride specially concurred, with opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether, in an action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (2006)), a defendant railroad may argue to the jury that a third party was the only person whose negligent conduct caused...

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