SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. REESE

No. M-468.

249 So.2d 51 (1971)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Robert Earl REESE, Jr., a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Robert Earl Reese, Sr., and Robert Earl Reese, Sr., Individually, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grissett, Humphries & Danese, Jacksonville, for appellant.

S. Thompson Tygart, Jr., and Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D'Aiuto, Dean & Hallowes, Jacksonville, for appellees.


RAWLS, Justice.

Defendant Railroad appeals from an adverse jury verdict awarding more than $25,000 in a personal injury case.

The injury in this case occurred as follows: On May 9, 1968, plaintiff, an 18 year old boy, was going to play basketball with some friends. He was attempting to cross two parallel railroad tracks which ran between a housing project and a school where the basketball courts were located. He succeeded in crossing the first track which...

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