Gillson v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, hereafter referred to as defendant, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $28,000 for the wrongful death of Bonnie Delores Gillson, 17-year-old daughter of the plaintiff administrator.

The decedent was killed in a collision between an automobile in which she was riding as a passenger, and defendant’s train known as the Abraham Lincoln. The collision occurred at approximately 9:30 p. m. on January 21, 1965, at the Rand Avenue Crossing in Hartford, Illinois.

In its verdict the jury found…