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VIDRINE v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

No. 71-3581.

466 F.2d 1217 (1972)

Taunice J. VIDRINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO., Defendant-Appellee. Harold D. VIDRINE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Jackson Burson, Jr., J. Nilas Young, Eunice, La., Young & Burson, Eunice, La., for Taunice J. Vidrine and Harold D. Vidrine.

John B. Scofield, Lake Charles, La., for defendant, appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in two cases consolidated for trial sought to recover damages resulting from a collision between an automobile and a freight train. The questions presented on appeal concern whether the district court abused its discretion in denying motions for new trial. In one of the cases the plaintiff was Taunice Vidrine, driver of the automobile, who sought to recover damages for his own personal injuries and for the death of his wife, Mrs...

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