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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. BRASWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 7782, 7900.

227 F.Supp. 347 (1964)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. BRASWELL INDUSTRIES, INC., et al. Sylvester GOULD v. H. J. SYMONS POOL et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

March 13, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. B. Freyer, and Sam A. Freyer, Freyer & Freyer, Shreveport, La., James J. Thornton, Jr., Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, La., Ado C. Skeels, Morgan, Baker, Skeels, Middleton & Coleman, Shreveport, La., for plaintiffs.

Harry R. Nelson, Nelson & Gray, Shreveport, La., G. M. Bodenheimer, Jr., Bodenheimer, Looney & Jones, Shreveport, La., Charles L. Mayer, Mayer & Smith, Shreveport, La., for defendants.

BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

These consolidated cases involve a unique approach to a common type of railroad crossing accident — a sort of "man bites dog" situation.

Illinois Central Railroad Company sues to recover damages resulting to its equipment from the derailment of its locomotive and passenger cars in a collision with a concrete-mixer truck; and the locomotive engineer seeks recovery for personal injuries received in the derailment.

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