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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. PURDY

No. 77-322.

567 S.W.2d 92 (1978)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ben L. PURDY, Lucille Purdy and MFA Insurance Company, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Overton S. Anderson, Little Rock, for appellant.

Roy G. Sanders, John B. Plegge, William R. Wilson, Jr., Little Rock, for appellees.

HICKMAN, Justice.

Ben and Lucille Purdy, from near DeWitt, were returning from a trip to Louisiana when their vehicle was involved in an accident with a Missouri Pacific Railroad Company train. The accident occurred just after dark on December 14, 1975, in Montrose, Arkansas, a small town in Ashley County. Missouri Pacific had a train stopped on a spur track across Highway 165 in Montrose. The train completely blocked the road. Purdy ran into the train causing serious...

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