MAXWELL v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF R.R.

No. 57088.

513 So.2d 901 (1987)

Nadine Long MAXWELL, Deborah Long Priest and Richard Long v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, T.R. Brumfield and National Railroad Passenger Corporation, d/b/a Amtrak.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.H. McGehee, McGehee, McGehee & Torrey, Meadville, for appellants.

E.C. Ward, Ward & Ward, Robert C. Latham, Adams, Forman, Truly, Smith & Bramlette, Natchez, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

On the afternoon of November 24, 1981, fifteen-year-old Ledford Keith Long was riding his three wheeler slowly up the northbound railroad tracks just south of Brookhaven. The City of New Orleans approached from the rear also northbound and ran over Keith and killed him.

Members of Keith's family thought the train at fault and sued for wrongful death. The jury agreed but the Circuit Court did not, entering judgment...

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