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CUTRER v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R. CO.

No. 90 CA 0088.

581 So.2d 1013 (1991)

Jerry CUTRER and Jerry Cutrer, d/b/a G & J Drive-In, Sharon Cutrer, Donise Cutrer, Jeffrey Cutrer and Jerry Cutrer, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his Minor Child, Dennis Cutrer v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, Edward Peyton Robertson, Jr., Janet Brumfield Byrd and James Russell Reeves.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Reynolds, New Orleans, for defendant Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.

Mary Barrios, Lewis Unglesby, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs, Jerry Cutrer, et al.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.

SAVOIE, Judge.

This appeal presents another claim arising from the devastating Livingston train derailment on September 28, 1982. This case presents two issues: whether settlement agreements entered into between the plaintiffs and the defendant Illinois Central Gulf Company (the Railroad) extinguished the plaintiffs' causes of action; and whether the damages awarded by the trial judge were proper. We find that the settlement agreements do not bar the plaintiffs' causes...

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