Legal Opinion

Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 2, 2006No. 99924PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

848 N.E.2d 927 (2006)

219 Ill.2d 430

302 Ill.Dec. 363

Rita LANGENHORST, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Gerald Langenhorst, Deceased, Appellee,

v.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellants.

No. 99924.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 2, 2006.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2006.

Kurt E. Reitz and Heath H. Hooks, Belleville (Thompson Coburn, L.L.P., of counsel), for appellants.

Thomas Q. Keefe, Jr., Belleville, for appellee.

Brian M. Wendler, of Wendler & Ezra, P.C., Collinsville, amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

2Opinion of the Court · KilbrideJustice Kilbride

Plaintiff, Rita Langenhorst, as special administrator of the estate of…

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3Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Torres v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Bland v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Griffith v. Mitsubishi Aircraft International, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990

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4Cited by83 opinions

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