CAMBRE v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 99-CA-256.

762 So.2d 636 (2000)

Frederick C. CAMBRE and Carol Ann Ledeche Cambre v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP., La. Department of Transportation and Development, and Illinois Central Railroad.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 2000.

Writs Denied May 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe M. Inabnett, Dorothea M. Suthon, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for plaintiffs-appellees Frederick C. and Carol Ann Cambre.

Miles Mark, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for All State Insurance.

Andree' F. Pitard, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for defendant-appellee National Railroad Passenger Corp.

David Stuart Kelly, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for defendant-appellant Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

Court composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr. and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is a suit by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Cambre, the surviving parents of Richard Cambre who was fatally injured on August 28, 1993 when the automobile he was driving was struck by a 60-mile-per-hour Amtrak train at a railroad crossing on Little Farms Avenue in Jefferson Parish.

Following trial in the 24th Judicial District Court from June 22 to 25, 1998,...

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