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WRIGHT v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO.

550 S.W.2d 489 (1977)

Oval Lee WRIGHT, Administratrix of Estate of Jesse Edward Wright, Deceased, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD CO., a corp., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. West, Henderson, for appellant.

Alfred C. Ross, Greenville, for appellees.

JONES, Justice.

This is a railroad crossing case. A tractor trailer driven by Jesse Wright collided with a coal car of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Corporation as its freight train was moving slowly over a crossing at the intersection of U.S. Highway 231 and the railroad's siding known as 20th Century Spur. Jesse Wright was killed. Oval Wright, his wife and administratrix, sued the railroad seeking damages for the wrongful...

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