JOHNSON v. UNION PACIFIC R.R.

No. 02-602.

104 S.W.3d 745 (2003)

Scipio JOHNSON and Bessie Johnson v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD; Bonds Fertilizer, Inc.; and Bonds Brothers.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Law Firm, Ltd. by: Tim S. Parker, Eureka Springs, for appellants.

William H. Sutton, Scott Tucker and Joseph P. McKay, for appellee Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., by: John S. Cherry, Jr. and D. Keith Fortner, for appellees Bonds Fertilizer, Inc. and Bonds Brothers, Inc.


DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

This case arises from an accident in which a train collided with a truck near Tamo, Arkansas, on June 28, 1995. Appellant Scipio Johnson was a passenger in the truck and was seriously injured when he was thrown from the vehicle upon impact. He and his wife, Bessie Johnson, filed suit in the Jefferson County Circuit Court against Appellees Union Pacific Railroad, Bonds Fertilizer, Inc., and Bonds Brothers, Inc., alleging negligence and a...

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