PELKEY v. CANADIAN PACIFIC LTD.


586 A.2d 1248 (1991)

Raymond J. PELKEY P.R. of Estate of Raymond D. Pelkey v. CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Coughlin (orally), Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Bangor, for plaintiff.

John W. Ballou (orally), Mitchell & Stearns, Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and BRODY, JJ.


BRODY, Justice.

Plaintiff, father and personal representative of Raymond D. Pelkey, deceased, appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Smith, J.) following a jury verdict finding for defendant, Canadian Pacific Limited ("Canadian Pacific"), in a wrongful death action involving a collision between an automobile and a freight train. Plaintiff contends that the Superior Court failed to properly instruct the jury as to the defendant...

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