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FLOOD v. BELFAST AND MOOSEHEAD LAKE RAILROAD CO.

171 A.2d 433 (1961)

Carmelita M. FLOOD, Lester M. Flood, Neil N. Flood, pro aml, Rita M. Flood, pro aml, v. BELFAST AND MOOSEHEAD LAKE RAILROAD CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Cirillo, Pittsfield, Abraham J. Stern, Bangor, for plaintiffs.

Hillard H. Buzzell, Clyde R. Chapman, Belfast, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, DUBORD, and SIDDALL, JJ.

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

These four tort actions under the old rules arise from a grade crossing collision in which a freight train struck an automobile. The plaintiffs are Lester M. Flood, the driver of the car, his wife Carmelita, his daughter Rita, then about 9 years old, and his son Neil, then about 13 years old. The cases, tried together before a jury, reach us on exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant in each case.

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