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AKERBERG v. METROPOLITAN RAIL

No. 89 C 6895.

773 F.Supp. 111 (1991)

Edwin T. AKERBERG, Plaintiff, v. METROPOLITAN RAIL, a corporation, Northeast Illinois Rail Corp., a corporation, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, a corporation, Carl J. Rowe, Frank F. Burk and Steven V. Johnson, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

September 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bruce Patterson and Danielle Marie Jaeschke, Drumke & Patterson, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

George H. Brant and George T. Brugess, Chicago & North Western Transp. Co., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the defendants' motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

FACTS

The present case arose from a commuter rail accident in Woodstock, Illinois, during the early morning hours of July 4, 1987, in which the plaintiff, Edwin T. Akerberg ("Akerberg"), lost both of his legs.1 The train involved was owned by defendant Northeast Illinois...

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