(DOWNLOAD) "Gillson v. G.M. & O.R.R. Co." by Supreme Court of Illinois # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Gillson v. G.M. & O.R.R. Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 27, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Plaintiff, William Gillson, as administrator of the estate of Bonnie Gillson who was killed in an auto-train collision, brought
a wrongful death action against the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, the engineer Edwin S. Parker, the fireman Thomas
Butler, and the village of Hartford in the circuit court of Madison County. A jury returned a verdict against the railroad
(hereinafter, defendant) in the amount of $28,000 and found the issues in favor of the other three defendants. The defendant
appealed to the Fifth District Appellate Court which affirmed. (94 Ill. App.2d 170.) We granted leave to appeal. The accident involving the automobile, in which decedent was riding as a passenger, and the defendant's train occurred at
approximately 9:30 P.M. on January 21, 1965, at the Rand Avenue crossing in Hartford, Illinois.