Hunter v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

This appeal arises out of a car-train collision which occurred on April 8, 1972, in Glenview, Illinois. Plaintiff, Debra Hunter, as administrator of the estate of Carl Hunter, deceased, brought suit against defendants, Chicago & North Western Transportation Company (C&NW), and its employees, Robert Markham, John Klysen, and Alfred Johnson. Following a jury trial, a verdict was entered in favor of plaintiff and against C&NW as to count I (survival action) and in favor of C&NW as to count II (wrongful death action). Plaintiff appeals, contending that: (1) the jury’s finding on the percentage of…