Legal Opinion

Brzinski v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 25, 2008No. 1-07-1816 RelPublished

1Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DIVISION July 25, 2008 No. 1-07-1816 LEONARD BRZINSKI, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County ) v. ) ) NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER ) Honorable RAILROAD CORPORATION, d/b/a Metra, ) Elizabeth M. Budzinski, ) Judge Presiding. Defendant-Appellee. ) ) JUSTICE O’MARA FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiff, Leonard Brzinski, brought suit against his former employer, Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, d/b/a Metra (Metra), under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (

45 U.S.C. §51

et seq. (2000)). Brzinski…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
Consolidated Rail Corporation v. GottshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
Dennis Deans v. Csx Transportation, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
Michael P. McGinn v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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