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Railroad had no duty to protect trespassing youth 

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    • September 27, 2012

A railroad had no duty to prevent injuries suffered by a boy who attempted to jump a slow-moving freight train, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in vacating a $3.9 million jury verdict.
The plaintiff was twelve years old when he attempted to take a shortcut through a CSX rail » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/09/27/railroad-had-no-duty-to-protect-trespassing-youth/

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