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Grand Trunk Western Railroad v. M. S. Kaplan Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 17, 1963No. Gen. 48,668PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Feiend

Plaintiff brought suit for damages resulting from the derailment of its passenger train No. 6, alleged to have occurred when it ran over railroad scrap which had fallen from the earlier Indiana Harbor Belt train No. 9004. Defendant Chicago and North Western Railroad (North Western) is charged with having furnished gondolas for train No. 9004 which had large holes in their bottoms. M. S. Kaplan Company (Kaplan), a scrap dealer and dismantler of railroad equipment, is charged with negligence in loading these gondolas with their cargo of railroad scrap. The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (I. H.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lindroth v. Walgreen Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Ohio Building Safety Vault Co. v. Industrial BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Donoho v. O'Connell's, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Olinger v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Gass v. CarducciAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Schwedler v. GalvanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  2. Greig v. GriffelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  3. Dollison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  4. La Salle National Bank v. FeldmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  5. Garrett v. S. N. Nielsen Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1964

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