Union Pacific Railroad v. Sharp
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Annabeixe Clinton Imber, Justice.
This is a negligence action involving a collision at a railroad crossing in Marianna. The appellants, Union Pacific Railroad Company and T.P. Spoon (“the railroad”), appeal a jury verdict rendered against them. The appellees, Jonathan and Aristea Sharp (“Sharp”), cross-appeal the trial court’s entry of partial summary judgment in favor of the railroad on the issue of whether the railroad placed adequate warning devices at the crossing. We reverse the jury verdict, and affirm the partial summary judgment.
On February 15, 1993, Jonathan Sharp was driving a van…
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