Turner v. Norfolk Southern Corp.

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action on 3 May 1994 alleging defendants’ negligence arising out of a collision between an automobile driven by the plaintiff’s wife, Edna Turner, and an Amtrak train at the Hopson Road railroad crossing in Durham County. Mrs. Turner and two of their children were killed, and a third child was seriously injured. Plaintiff is the administrator of the estates of his wife and two children and guardian ad litem of the injured child. The railroad in question is operated by defendant Norfolk Southern (Norfolk). Defendant Serrmi Services, Inc. was retained by the…