Legal Opinion
Puckett v. Soo Line Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1990No. 89-2186PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
A train owned and operated by the Soo Line Railroad Company (the “Soo Line”) struck and killed Edward Wanago as he crossed a set of railroad tracks on the south side of Chicago. Barbara Puckett, Wanago’s stepdaughter and the administrator of his estate, brought this diversity suit against the Soo Line and two of its employees, Lonnie Maves and Chris Gust, claiming that the defendants’ negligent operation of the train caused Wanago’s death. After the parties submitted various affidavits, the defendants moved for summary judgment. The district judge, concluding that…
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