Legal Opinion
Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 2012No. 112948PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Supreme Court Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co.,
2012 IL 112948
Caption in Supreme DOMINIC CHOATE, Appellee, v. INDIANA HARBOR BELT Court: RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellants. Docket No. 112948 Filed September 20, 2012 Rehearing denied November 26, 2012 Held Defendant railroads had no legal duty to a 12-year-old trespasser who (Note: This syllabus was injured when he attempted to jump on a moving train, and the constitutes no part of issue of duty should not have been sent to the jury—plaintiff’s verdict the opinion of the court reversed. but has been prepared by…
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