Legal Opinion
Thomas E. Miller and Lynn Miller v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 2007No. 06-1909, 06-1910PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Millers brought suit in an Illinois state court against a variety of companies, seeking damages for serious injuries sustained by Mr. Miller when the truck he was driving was struck by an Amtrak train at a crossing. Amtrak was one of the defendants and exercised its right to remove the case to federal district court, Aliotta v. National R.R. Passenger Corp., 315 F.3d 756, 758 n. 1 (7th Cir.2003), but the parties have assumed that Illinois law remains applicable to the plaintiffs’ claim against Amtrak (as well as, of course, the other defendants), and we think the…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
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