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RICKETTS v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO.

1941267.

686 So.2d 1100 (1996)

Robert RICKETTS, individually and as father and next friend of Eric Ricketts, a minor v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Ingram, Jr. of Morris, Haynes, Ingram & Hornsby, Alexander City, and Fred Wood of Green, Wood & Howell, Hamilton, for Appellant.

Morris W. Savage of Bankhead & Savage, Jasper, Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for Appellee.

SHORES, Justice.

The plaintiff Robert Ricketts appeals from a judgment based on a directed verdict for the defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company, in a personal injury action. We reverse and remand.

Ricketts's action is based on injuries to his son, Eric Ricketts, who, at age 14, was severely injured in a fall from the Railroad's Brushy Creek trestle in Marion County, Alabama. The Brushy Creek trestle is 187...

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