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On July 11, 2008, Tenesha Martin, an employee of a railroad, was operating a forklift while unloading the truck\u2019s trailer at Canadian Pacific Railway<\/a>\u2019s docking area in Chicago. The forklift fell off the loading dock when the unmanned truck, owned by the defendant Central Transport Inc.,<\/a> rolled away from the dock causing her to sustain disabling lumbar disc injuries.<\/p>\n

The defendant, Soo Line Railroad<\/a>, argued that the trucking company, Central Transport, was at fault, while the trucking company blamed the railroad. Both defendants argued that Martin was contributorily negligent for choosing not to exercise due care and caution.<\/p>\n

The presiding trial judge allowed evidence of Martin\u2019s marijuana use in 2010 based on her history, which was given to a psychiatrist in 2011.<\/p>\n

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