UNION PACIFIC R. CO. v. SHARP

No. 96-1096.

952 S.W.2d 658 (1997)

330 Ark. 174

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and T.P. Spoon, Appellants, v. Jonathan SHARP and Aristea Sharp, Appellees,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sutton, Frederick S. Ursery, Scott H. Tucker, Clifford W. Plunkett, Little Rock, for Appellants.

J.C. Deacon, D.P. Marshall, Jr., Jonesboro, for Appellees.

Henry C. Kinslow, El Dorado, amicus curiae brief of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Lewis E. Epley, Jr., Tim S. Parker, Eureka Springs, for Cross-Appellants Jonathan Sharp and Aristea Sharp.


IMBER, Justice.

This is a negligence action involving a collision at a railroad crossing in Marianna. The appellants, Union Pacific Railroad Company and T.P. Spoon ("the railroad"), appeal a jury verdict rendered against them. The appellees, Jonathan and Aristea Sharp ("Sharp"), cross-appeal the trial court's entry of partial summary judgment in favor of the railroad on the issue of whether the railroad placed adequate...

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