DUNCAN v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

No. 00-C-0066.

773 So.2d 670 (2000)

Bobby DUNCAN, et al. v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Gerard, Scofield, Gerard, Veron, Singletary & Poherelsky, Counsel for Applicant.

Byrlyne Van Dyke, Ronald J. Fiorenza, Provosty, Sadler, & deLaunay, Alexandria, Michael Kevin Cox, James Buckner Doyle, Cox, Cox, & Filo, Lake Charles, LaVon Denise Raymond, Baton Rouge, H.O. Lestage, III, De Ridder, Wendell Hayes Gauthier, Gauthier, Downing, Labarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, Donald Edward McKay, Jr., Counsel for Respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.*

This case arises out of a collision between a locomotive and a church van at a railroad crossing in Beauregard Parish. There were three passengers, all sisters, riding in the church van. As a result of the collision, one sister was killed, a second was rendered a quadriplegic, and the third suffered less serious injuries. Plaintiffs, parents of the three passengers, filed suit...

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