Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 16, 1972No. 1271A250PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
This case was previously considered on a preliminary matter. See Murphy v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. (1972), 152 Ind. App. 455, 284 N.E.2d 84. We now consider it on its merits.
On June 15, 1965 the Plaintiff-Appellant’s decedent was killed in a collision between an automobile in which he was riding and one of Appellee’s trains at a crossing located in Hammond, Indiana. The Appellant’s complaint was in two legal paragraphs, one based on negligence in operating the train and the second based on wilful and wanton misconduct in installing and maintaining automatic controls at said crossing…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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