ARCHON v. UNION PACIFIC R.R.

Nos. 94-C-2728, 94-C-2743.

657 So.2d 987 (1995)

Kathleen ARCHON, et al. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, et al. MELTON TRUCK LINES v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Due, Donald Wayne Price, Thomas M. Abrusley, Due, Caballero, Price & Guidry, Baton Rouge, for applicant in No. 94-C-2728.

Donald Coleman Brown, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, Lake Charles; James T. Guglielmo, Charles M. Jarrell, Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Hunter & Jarrell, Opelousas, for respondent in No. 94-C-2728.

Donald Coleman Brown, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, for applicant in No. 94-C-2743.

Paul H. Due, Donald Wayne Price, Thomas M. Abrusley, Due, Caballero, Price & Guidry; James T. Guglielmo, Charles M. Jarrell, Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Hunter & Jarrell, for respondent in No. 94-C-2743.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice*.

We granted certiorari in this case to address several issues, the most important of which is whether the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development ("DOTD") should be held liable to the plaintiffs in a wrongful death action for its failure to install active warning devices at a railroad crossing on a particular parish road in Allen Parish. In favor of the...

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