SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. HELMAN

No. 75-148.

330 So.2d 761 (1976)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY and William A. Cagle, Appellants, v. Linda S. HELMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Ward of Giles, Hedrick & Robinson, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

James O. Driscoll of Driscoll, Conrad, Langston & Layton, P.A., Orlando, and Gordon V. Frederick, Sanford, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

This is a personal injury action arising out of a railroad crossing collision between appellants' train and the vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger. The jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment adverse to defendants/appellants.

Plaintiff/appellee tried this case on three theories of negligence on the part of the defendants in the operation of the train at the crossing: (1) defendants operated the train at an excessive speed under the...

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