Legal Opinion
Shaffer v. C S X Transportation, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 6, 1992No. 5—90—0218Published
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Howerton
Kimberly Rae Shaffer, a minor, was killed while riding as a passenger in a car that collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois. Kimberly’s parents, Donald Ray and Carolyn Shaffer, and Donald Ray Shaffer, as special administrator of the estate, sued defendants, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX), and Robert Stookey, special administrator of the estate of Scott Jolliff, the driver of the car, in St. Clair County. Kimberly Rae Shaffer and her parents lived in Sandoval, Marion County; Jolliff lived in Marion County; and CSX, a Virginia corporation, had its…
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