CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. GRAY

No. 5-5230.

453 S.W.2d 54 (1970)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., Appellant, v. Laverne GRAY, Adm'x., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellant.

Bill J. Davis and Brown, Compton, Prewett & Dickens, El Dorado, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This is a railroad crossing accident case in which appellee's husband, the decedent, was fatally injured. A jury assessed damages at $782.37 for decedent's estate, $21,000 for his next of kin, and $1,200 for the appellee individually. From that judgment comes this appeal.

The case was submitted to the jury principally upon two theories of liability by the appellant: one, that appellant's employee and...

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