Legal Opinion
Toledo Peoria & Western Railway v. Metro Waste Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1995No. 94-3259PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Toledo Peoria & Western Railway (actually their insurance company as subrogee, but for simplicity’s sake we shall refer to it as “Toledo”), brought this negligence action in diversity against Metro Waste Systems, Inc. In its complaint, Toledo sought to recover damages sustained by four of its locomotive engines which were derailed when they were struck by one of Metro’s dump trucks which crossed the railroad tracks in disregard of the warning signals. Toledo primarily sought to recover the costs of repairing three out of the four damaged engines. As to the…
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