Cambre v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

liWICKER, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the granting of a partial summary judgment in their wrongful death suit resulting from an automobile-train collision. We reverse the partial summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

Richard Cambre was killed on August 28, 1993 when his automobile was struck by a sixty-mile-an-hour train at a railroad crossing on Little Farms Avenue in Jefferson Parish. Cambre’s parents filed suit against National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Illinois Central Railroad Company, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (“DOTD”).

DOTD filed a…