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WESTBROOK v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.R.

688 S.W.2d 453 (1985)

Grady O. WESTBROOK, Jr. and Wife, Sherry E. Westbrook, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, A Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll C. Johnson, Carroll C. Johnson, III, Johnson & Bateman, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Chandler, Jr., Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, for defendant-appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 25, 1985.

HIGHERS, Judge.

On January 4, 1982, near 6:00 p.m., the plaintiff, Grady O. Westbrook, Jr., struck an empty railroad flatcar in defendant's train at a crossing on Channel Avenue in Memphis. The flatcar was part of a string of empty flatcars being pushed through the crossing at the time of the accident. The crossing was marked only by a cross buck, but plaintiff was familiar with the crossing, having...

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