LOWERY v. SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD CO.

20588

270 S.C. 113 (1978)

241 S.E.2d 158

John Ivory LOWERY, Respondent, v. SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Lee, Jr., of Lee & Moise, Sumter, and Hugh L. Willcox, Jr., of Willcox, Hardee, Palmer, O'Farrell, McLeod & Buyck, Florence, for Appellant.

John W. Chappell, and Harry C. Wilson, Jr., of Nash, Chappell and Wilson, Sumter, for Respondent.


January 26, 1978.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

A jury verdict was rendered in favor of respondent against the appellant railroad in the amount of $13,000.00, actual damages, and $10,000.00 punitive damages, arising from a crossing collision between respondent's automobile and a train of appellant. The collision occurred at the intersection of appellant's railroad track and a private dirt crossing near Timmonsville, South...

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