Case Name: Kelli SMALLWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY; Mississippi Department of Transportation, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-19
Citations: 355 F.3d 357
Docket Number: No. 02-60782
Parties: Kelli SMALLWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY; Mississippi Department of Transportation, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 355
Pages: 357–358

Head Matter:
Kelli SMALLWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY; Mississippi Department of Transportation, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 02-60782.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 19, 2003.
Pat M. Barrett, Jr., Derek A. Wyatt, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Cynthia H. Speetjens, Frazer & Davidson, Jackson, MS, Jeffrey Howard Schultz (argued), Schultz & Murphy, Belleville, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Chad Michael Knight (argued), William B. Lovett, Jr., Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Illinois Cent. R. Co.
Susan L. Runnels (argued), Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Dept, of Transp.
Emerson Barney Robinson, III, Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Charles Clark, Watkins & Eager, Charles E. Griffin, Griffin & Associates, Jackson, MS, Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for American Financial Services Ass’n, American Ins. Ass’n and Chamber of Commerce of U.S., Amici Curiae.
James William Craig, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Bankers Ass’n, Amicus Curiae.
David W. Clark, Billy Berryhill, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Manufacturers Ass’n, Ami-cus Curiae.
William C. Brabec, Adams & Reese, Jackson, MS, for United Ins. Co. of America and Union Nat. Life Ins. Co., Amici Curiae.
Walter D. Willson, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, MS, for American Sec. Ins. Co. Amicus Curiae.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
BY THE COURT:
A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.