Twenhafel v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.

An automobile being driven by Mark Twenhafel collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train at a railroad crossing located in Gorham, Illinois. Twenhafel was severely injured. Mark Twenhafel and his parents filed a complaint against the defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, alleging that the following acts of negligence were the proximate cause of the collision:

“(a) Failed to provide warning of the presence of a train passing along the track, at a time reasonably sufficient for motorists approaching the grade crossing, at night, to stop prior to reaching the grade crossing;(b) Failed…