Alex v. BNSF Railway Co.

COOKS, Judge.

1 tFACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 12, 2006, Plaintiff, Raymond Alex, Sr., was driving a company boom truck while in the course and scope of his employment as a structure carpenter for BNSF Railway Company. At approximately 8:00 p.m. on that date, Plaintiff was traveling in a southerly direction on North Eastern Avenue in Crowley on his way to a job site in Mermentau. Immediately after stopping at an intersection, Plaintiffs vehicle was rear-ended by a large tractor-trailer rig driven by Edward Zenon, Jr. At the time of the accident, Mr. Zenon was in the employ of Creole…