Legal Opinion
Lonny Davis v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, Third-Party v. Trailer Train Company, a Corporation, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 17, 1986No. 85-2137, 85-2157PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a personal injury suit under the diversity jurisdiction; the substantive issues are governed by the tort law of Illinois. The suit arises from an accident that occurred in 1983. The plaintiff, Davis, was 33 years old at the time, an experienced railroad worker who for the past six years had been employed as an inspector of cars by the Trailer Train Company, a lessor of piggyback cars to railroads. He made the inspections in railroad yards, among them Conrail’s marshaling yard in East St. Louis. On the day of the accident, Davis, driving an unmarked van that was…
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