Harper v. Grundy Motel Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a diversity action for damages for wrongful death arising from a railroad grade-crossing accident. The plaintiffs’ decedent died on June 8, 1976 as a result of injuries which she sustained when her automobile was struck broadside on its left by a locomotive of the defendant railroad while making an exit across an easement owned by, and from the premises of, the defendant motel company, which operated a Holiday Inn there. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ evidence, all defendants moved the Court for a directed verdict. Rule 50(a), Federal…