Legal Opinion
Olaniyan Ex Rel. Estate of Olaniyan v. CSX Transportation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 9, 2006No. 04 C 5827Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
On Sunday September 14, 2003 Bolutife Olaniyan was struck and killed by a freight train owned by defendant CSX Transportation (“CSX”) at approximately 8:55 a.m. At the time of his death, Bolutife Olaniyan was five years old and lived with his mother and sister in a basement apartment at 4517 Baring Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana. The apartment was located approximately one half block from the train tracks where he was killed.
On the morning of September 14, unbeknownst to his mother and sister, Bolutife Olaniyan, who had been eating his…
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