Legal Opinion
McClain v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1988No. 64524PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Jay Wilford McClain was seriously injured on April 11, 1982, when the truck he was driving overturned after crossing the railroad tracks of the defendant, the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG), in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. On August 6, 1982, McClain and his wife, Crystal, filed the instant action against ICG in the circuit court of Madison County. The complaint was in three counts; in counts I and II, Mr. McClain sought recovery for his personal injuries under common law theories of negligence and willful and wanton misconduct, and in count III, sounding in negligence,…
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