ROUILLIER v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.R.

No. 88-3751.

886 F.2d 105 (1989)

Linda ROUILLIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Gaylord Container Acquisition Corporation and/or Gaylord Container Corporation, Intervenors-Third Party Defendants-Appellants-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD and Waterloo Railway Company, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Kelly, Walter F. Marcus, III, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, La., for Illinois Cent. Gulf R.R.

Kathy C. Alford, Ronnie G. Penton, Bogalusa, La., for Rouillier.

Craig J. Robichaux, Charles M. Hughes, Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, La., for Gaylord Container.

Before GEE and JONES, Circuit Judges and HUNTER, District Judge.


EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Plaintiff and intervenor appeal from the trial court's refusal to enter judgment in their favor notwithstanding the jury's verdict which exonerated Illinois Central Gulf Railroad from liability. They also appeal the denial of their alternative motion for a new trial. The railroad appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of its third party complaint for contractual indemnity. We affirm the judgment of the district court in all...

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