RENFRO v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

No. 15-372.

193 So.3d 1192 (2016)

Thalia RENFRO v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Wilkes, III , Ray Lucus, III , Borne & Wilkes, LLC, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Town of Vinton.

Lawrence N. Curtis , Lawrence N. Curtis, Ltd., Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Thalia Renfro.

Adam L. Ortego, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, SHANNON J. GREMILLION, and DAVID KENT SAVOIE, Judges.


This suit arises out of an accident in which a train struck a vehicle attempting to cross the railroad tracks. The seventeen-year-old driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was killed in the crash. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the decedent's mother, Thalia Renfro ("Ms.Renfro"), and against the State of Louisiana, through the...

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