KETCHER v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF R. CO.

No. 83 CA 0022.

440 So.2d 805 (1983)

Frances Peco KETCHER, et al. v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1983.

Writs Denied January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Sledge, Hammond, for plaintiff-appellant Frances Peco Ketcher.

Wilfred H. Boudreaux, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants Angelina Michel, Victor Michel, Jr., Bernadette Michel Courcelle and David Michel.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., David Kelly, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Illinois Central Gulf R.R., Nat. R.R. Passenger Corp. a/k/a Amtrak, and J.E. Newman.

Charles G. Walker, Hammond, for defendant-appellee Tangipahoa Parish Port Com'n.

Iddo Pittman, Jr., Hammond, for third party defendant-appellee B.F. Diamond Const. Co.

Charles M. Hughes, Bogalusa, for intervenor-appellant Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Before SHORTESS, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.


LANIER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages in tort arising from a train-truck collision. The suit was instituted by the surviving wife1 of Bobby Junior Ketcher, the driver of the truck, and the surviving wife and three major children2 of Victor J. Michel, Sr., a guest passenger in the truck. Made defendants were the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG), National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak...

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