Legal Opinion
Stein v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 10, 1964No. 1177PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULPEPPER, Judge.
This is a suit for damages arising out of an accident in which plaintiff drove his employer’s pickup truck into the side of the next to last car of a freight train which was slowly crossing a four-lane highway. A jury awarded plaintiff $150,000. The defendant appealed.
The scene of the accident is on Admiral' Doyle Drive, just west of the town of New Iberia. This highway runs north and south and consists of two 24-foot wide cement slabs separated by a 30-foot wide neutral ground. The total width of the highway right of way is 150 feet. A single railroad' track crosses the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Renz v. Texas & Pacific Railway CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Squyres v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Matthews v. New Orleans Terminal Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
- McFarland v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Odom v. HooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Mediamolle v. Texas & New Orleans RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Jack v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Odom v. HooperLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Arthur G. Picou v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company and the Kansas City Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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