Legal Opinion
Loretta M. Aliotta v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 2003No. 02-1041PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Loretta Aliotta, widow and executor of the estate of Joseph Aliotta, appeals an adverse judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) and Gary Gilmer, an Amtrak engineer. A jury verdict was entered against her in the Northern District of Illinois after the case was removed to federal court by Amtrak. 1 Loretta argues that she was unfairly prejudiced by certain rulings on evidence and jury instructions. Finding critical jury instructions to be inadequate statements of Illinois…
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