Fink v. Baker

Linda Marie Ostrowski Fink (hereinafter plaintiff) takes this appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304 from the grant of a summary judgment in favor of defendants Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, Inc. (hereinafter E.J.&E.), Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (hereinafter B.&O.), and H. Bairstow Company (hereinafter Bairstow).

On May 29, 1970, plaintiff, then 16 years of age, suffered injuries resulting in the amputation of both of her legs when she was caught between the cars of a freight train which started to move just as she was walking over the coupling of two of its cars. The train was…