ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO. v. GRIDER

No. 94-947.

900 S.W.2d 530 (1995)

321 Ark. 84

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Billy John GRIDER and Asplundh Railroad Division, Appellee, v. OAKLEY TRUCKING, INC. and Bruce Oakley, Inc., Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Deacon, D.P. Marshall, Jr., Jonesboro, for appellant.

Kent J. Rubens, West Memphis, Gene Napier, Kapier, Kansas City, MO, for Billy John Grider.

Brian P. Boyce, Little Rock, for Asplundh R.R. Div.

Chris Leach, Michael Alexander, Little Rock, for cross-appellant Oakley Trucking.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

This case involves a collision between a freight train and a tractor-trailer, which occurred at a rural crossing in Crittenden County on August 1, 1990. The conductor of the train, appellee Billy John Grider, suffered a neck injury and brought suit against his employer, appellant St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company ("Railway"), under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. § 51, et seq., asserting that Railway was...

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