Legal Opinion
Noakes v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 11, 2000No. 1 — 99 — 1092, 1 — 99 — 1093 consPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNULTY
Dwayne Noakes sued National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1988)) (FELA). He later voluntarily dismissed the case, and then he tried to resurrect it in two different ways. He filed a new lawsuit, but the trial court dismissed it under the FELA statute of limitations. He then moved to vacate the voluntary dismissal, but the trial court denied the motion. He appealed from both decisions, and we consolidated the appeals.
Plaintiff began working for Amtrak in 1986. In 1993 he started to experience significant problems…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Burnett v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dubina v. Mesirow Realty Development, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1997
- Kahle v. John Deere Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1984
- S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt & AlexanderIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
- Weisguth v. Supreme Tribe of Ben HurIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Schultz v. NORTHEAST ILL. REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORP.Illinois Supreme Court · 2002
- Hawes v. Luhr Bros., Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 2004
- Balough v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- Noakes v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2006
- Carlisle v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
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