THOMPSON v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 19459.

423 F.2d 1257 (1970)

Walter C. THOMPSON, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Janie Underdown Thompson, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Wheeler, Paducah, Ky., Wheeler & Marshall, Paducah, Ky., on the brief, for appellant.

Milton M. Livingston, Jr., Paducah, Ky., Dandridge F. Walton, Carroll & Walton, Paducah, Ky., on the brief, for appellees.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Illinois Central Railroad Company (the railroad), has appealed from judgments entered against it in the District Court on verdicts in favor of plaintiffs in the amounts of $25,000 and $2,350, in an action for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff's wife, for her funeral expenses, and for damages to the automobile which she was driving, the action arising out of a collision with defendant's freight train at a grade crossing.<...

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