Legal Opinion

Gillespie v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 7, 1972No. 11383PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craven

This appeal arises from a judgment for defendant railroad entered on jury verdict against plaintiff and in favor of defendant in a cause brought by plaintiff administratrix for the death of the driver of an automobile in an auto-train collision on November 14, 1965, between the automobile of Mose Childers and a passenger train of defendant, Wabash Railroad, now Norfolk and Western Railway Company.

Plaintiff assigns as error (1) the trial court’s refusal to permit plaintiff to introduce into evidence certain sworn answers to interrogatories admitting the existence and destruction by defendant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pantlen v. GottschalkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959
  2. Goodman v. Motor Products Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1959
  3. Turner v. SeyfertAppellate Court of Illinois · 1963
  4. Lamberes v. Northern Cartage Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1967
  5. DeGraff v. ManzIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Kapelski v. Alton & Southern RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  2. Skelton v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  3. Myers v. ArnoldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  4. Zook v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  5. Arras v. Columbia Quarry Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1977

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