EDWARDS v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, INC.

No. 444.

291 So.2d 483 (1974)

Eural EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff by Leslie J. Schiff, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe by Lawrence, L. Lewis, III, Lafayette, for intervenor-appellee-appellant.

Anderson, Leithead, Scott, Boudreau & Savoy by Everett R. Scott, Jr., Lake Charles, Voorhies & Labbe by Richard D. Chappuis, Jr., Lafayette, Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse by Stephen A. Stefanski, Crowley, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER, and WATSON, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was a passenger in a truck which was struck at a crossing by a train of defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appealed.

This accident occurred at about 2:00 P. M. on July 9, 1970, at a railroad crossing provided with electrical automatic signal flashers. The vehicle in which the plaintiff was riding was a double-axle tandem truck loaded with...

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