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PIERCE v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 86-1086.

684 F.Supp. 997 (1987)

Ralph and Sandra PIERCE, Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant, BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Third Party Plaintiff, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Peoria Division.

June 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Stride, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John Newell, Chicago, Ill., for Burlington Northern.

Daniel Johns, Peoria, Ill., and Alvin Domash, Chicago, Ill., for Consolidated Rail.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MIHM, District Judge.

On January 25, 1985, a Burlington Northern freight train derailed as it was moving through Colmar, Illinois. The derailing cars struck a pick-up truck that was stopped at a crossing waiting for the train to pass. The Plaintiff, Ralph Pierce, was a passenger in the pick-up truck and was injured in the incident. Pierce and his wife sued the Burlington Northern for his...

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