Van Holt v. NAT. RR PASSENGER CORP.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Nancy Van Holt sued National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1988)), and Chicago Union Station Company (CUS), under the common law for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in a taxi and automobile parking tunnel at Union Station. Plaintiffs husband, Louis Van Holt, also brought an action against CUS for loss of consortium.

Following trial, a jury found in favor of plaintiff and against Amtrak and CUS in the amount of $3,050,000, and in…