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McCARRA v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.

No. 01-CA-298.

798 So.2d 252 (2001)

Tommy McCARRA v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

September 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Stovall, Album, Stovall, Radecker & Giordano, Metairie, LA, Counsel for Tommy McCarra, Plaintiff-Appellant.

Monique M. Weiner, Lawrence E. Abbott, Terrence K. Knister, Abbott, Simses, Knister & Kuchler, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Illinois Central Railroad Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.

SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this wrongful death action, after trial, the jury found that Illinois Central Railroad Company was negligent but that its negligence was not a cause of plaintiff's death. Tommy McCarra, the decedent's widow, appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

FACTS

In October of 1959, James McCarra began working for defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company ("Illinois Central"), as...

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