Adkins v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

The circuit court of Rock Island County entered judgment upon a jury verdict in the amount of $449,757 in favor of the plaintiff, Leva Adkins, administratrix of the estate of Everett Harmon Adkins, deceased, against the defendants, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, W. B. Throckmorton, and R. V. Loftus. The appellate court ordered a remittitur in the amount of $199,757 and affirmed. (Adkins v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R.R. Co. (1971), 2 Ill. App. 3d 906.) We allowed the defendants’ petition for leave to appeal.

The plaintiff’s decedent, Everett Harmon Adkins, was killed…