Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Railroad Negligence
Jury verdict for $1.66 million, reduced to $700,143 for decedent's contributory negligence, for injury to train passenger who hurried across pedestrian crosswalk and was blown back into oncoming train, whose horn had sounded while passenger was halfway across crosswalk. Defendant railroad had duty to warn decedent of the approaching train. Jury's finding that decedent walked in front of train when he knew it was unsafe to do so is consistent with its finding that accident was partially attributable to his own negligence, and is not inconsistent with its verdict or it findings that Defendant failed to adequately warn of approaching train. (QUINN and NEVILLE, concurring.)