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ILLINOIS CEN. GULF R.R. COMPANY v. YATES

No. 48632.

334 So.2d 364 (1976)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY and Ricky Dowdy v. Mrs. Buford YATES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells, Wells, Marble & Hurst, John E. Hughes, III, Jackson, for appellants.

Eugene C. Tullos, Raleigh, William D. Evans, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Mrs. Buford Yates and her children brought suit in the Circuit Court of Smith County seeking damages for the loss of Buford Yates, their husband and father. His death resulted from a collision between the truck he was driving and a railroad locomotive. A verdict of $250,000 was awarded the plaintiffs by the jury from which the railroad company and Ricky Dowdy, the locomotive engineer, appeal.

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