KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CARUSO

No. 24690.

387 F.2d 602 (1968)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Sam CARUSO, Jr., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howell Cobb, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

Ward Stephenson, Orange, Tex., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This was a damage suit brought by the widow and parents of Sam Caruso, Jr., for damages they respectively sustained as a result of his death caused by a car-train collision on August 28, 1965. The jury made a verdict in favor of the widow for $30,000.00 and a verdict in favor of the parents of $5,000.00. The court made an additional award of $5,114.38, to the parents for medical, hospital and funeral bills. The appeal attacks only the awards to the parents...

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