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SHAW v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 1575.

170 So.2d 874 (1965)

Lillie Mae SHAW, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of and for the use and benefit of the minors, Linda Diane Shaw and Mack Allen Shaw v. The TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1965.

Writ Refused March 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeBrun, McGee & Karno, Metairie, Kenneth Boagni, Sr., Opelousas, and Thomas P. McGee, Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, J. Barnwell Phelps, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REGAN, CHASEZ and HALL, JJ.

HALL, Judge.

Mack Shaw, an employee of the defendant railway company was run over and killed by one of defendant's trains on August 1, 1956. Alleging that the accident was caused by defendant's negligence, Shaw's widow, as administratrix of the estate, brought this suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans for damages under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.) for her own individual benefit and for...

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