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RUSSELL v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. W2013-02453-COA-R3-CV.

LINDA J. RUSSELL, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILFORD R. RUSSELL, JR., v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Filed June 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Peters and Mark R. Kurz , Belleville, Illinois; Brooks E. Kostakis and Stephanie Camille Reifers , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Donald N. Capparella , Nashville, Tennessee, and William P. Gavin , Swansea, Illinois, for the appellee, Linda J. Russell, Administrator of the Estate of Milford R. Russell, Jr.

RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which J. STEVEN STAFFORD, P. J., W. S., and ARNOLD B. GOLDIN, J., joined.

OPINION

Linda Russell brought a Federal Employers Liability Act action against Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover for the death of her husband from throat cancer; she alleged the cancer was caused by Mr. Russell's exposure to carcinogens while he worked in the Illinois Central maintenance shops in Memphis...

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