Henderson v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

This appeal has two core issues.

One involves a discovery sanction.

The other, evidence of prior accidents.

We reverse and remand.

As this case involves no question of the sufficiency of the evidence establishing defendant’s liability, an extended recitation of the facts is not necessary. Suffice it to say that on January 13, 1977, there was a collision between an automobile occupied by the plaintiffs (a mother and her two-year-old daughter) and one of the defendant’s trains at a crossing in Hartsburg, Illinois. Both the mother and the daughter were injured.

They brought suit against the railroad…