WATTS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD

No. 5960.

287 So.2d 812 (1974)

Clarence WATTS v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray & Murray, Ltd., Stephen B. Murray, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SAMUEL and GULOTTA, JJ., and MARCEL, J. Pro Tem.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit for personal injuries and lost wages resulting from a collision between a large truck operated by him and a Baldwin diesel locomotive on Mehurin Street at its intersection with defendant's railroad switch track in Jefferson Parish. The accident occurred on August 28, 1970 between 2 and 4 a.m. It was stipulated at the trial that as a result of the plaintiff's injuries he was incapacitated for a period of 4 weeks and lost $520...

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