LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RY. CO. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

No. 23788.

380 F.2d 541 (1967)

LOUISIANA & ARKANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Carmody, Jr., Wilkinson, Lewis, Woods & Carmody, Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Leo Gold, Jimmy M. Stoker, Gold, Hall & Skye, Alexandria, La., for appellees, Leo J. Bonial and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.

Robert B. Neblett, Jr., Neblett & Fuhrer, Alexandria, La., for appellees, Thomas Mathews, Milton Snow and French Unique Laundry & Cleaners.

Before HUTCHESON, GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:

Seventeen of its freight cars having been derailed when a train was brought to a sudden emergency halt in order to avoid colliding with a laundry truck stalled upon the railroad tracks, the appellant, Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company, filed suit for damages1 against the truck driver, his employer, and their insurer. The appellant alleged that the truck driver was negligent in having stalled the truck on...

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