Legal Opinion
Bonnier v. Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 23, 1953No. Gen. 45,889PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Edward Bonnier filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook county against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company to recover damages for injuries suffered on July 30, 1948, when he was thrown from the top of a gondola carload of scrap metal during a switching operation in its Morton Park, Illinois, switch and train yard. The scrap metal shipment on which he was standing was moving in interstate commerce from a Chicago shipper to an Indiana receiver. Issue was joined. The first trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for $188,333.33. The second trial resulted in a verdict for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Higgins v. McCreaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bonnier v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Mettes v. QuinnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Oden v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Robins v. LaskyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Buttitta v. NewellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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