SCALABRINO v. GRAND TRUNK W. R.R. CO.

Docket No. 58128.

135 Mich. App. 758 (1984)

356 N.W.2d 258

SCALABRINO v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philo, Atkinson, Steinberg, Walker & White (by Richard L. Steinberg), for plaintiff.

Dennis W. Krakow, for defendant.

Before: D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., and WAHLS and R.R. LAMB, JJ.


WAHLS, J.

Plaintiff appeals a jury verdict which awarded him a judgment against defendant in the amount of $1.4 million for injuries sustained in a railroad crossing collision between plaintiff's automobile and defendant's train. The jury reduced the award 95% by finding the plaintiff comparatively negligent.

On appeal, plaintiff raises several allegations of error. The dispositive question is whether it was reversible error for the trial judge to instruct...

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