ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO. v. PARKS

No. 1-278A43.

390 N.E.2d 1073 (1979)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Robert L. Waltrip, Appellants-Defendants, v. Bertha Fay PARKS, Jessie L. Parks, Appellees-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Hahn, George A. Porch, Evansville, for appellant-defendant Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company; Bamberger, Foreman, Oswald & Hahn, Evansville, of counsel.

Glenn A. Grampp, James D. Lopp, Sr., James D. Lopp, Jr., Evansville, for appellees-plaintiffs; Lopp, Lopp & Grampp, Evansville, of counsel.


LYBROOK, Judge.

In an action brought by Bertha Fay and Jessie L. Parks, husband and wife, against the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. and its engineer Robert L. Waltrip, judgment was entered on a jury verdict as follows: Bertha was to recover $30,000 for her personal injuries from Illinois Central Gulf but take nothing from Waltrip; Jessie was to take nothing for loss of his wife's services and consortium from either defendant.

The Parks' complaint alleged...

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