Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Collins

This is an action for personal injuries brought by the plaintiff-appellee against the defendant-appellant (railroad) arising out of the collision of a truck and a freight train at a crossing in Lake County inside the United States Steel Plant on August 3, 1964. The plaintiff, a plant employee, was a passenger in the truck, being transported within the plant in the course of his employment. His amended complaint alleged, and the evidence apparently convinced the jury, that the railroad negligently caused the collision by operating an unlighted string of cars, not preceded by an engine, across…