Legal Opinion
Adams v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 26, 1965No. 65-131PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDRY, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff of an order granting the defendant judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a personal injury action brought as a result of an automobile-train collision.
At approximately 6:30 on a foggy January morning, plaintiff’s car and defendant’s train were involved in a collision. The car was on the railroad tracks and hit by the train at N.E. 142nd Street, which location is not a railroad crossing. Immediately prior to the time the engineer applied the brakes the train had been traveling at a speed of approximately 59 miles per hour. Exactly how…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Louisville & N. R. Co. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
- Butler v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1912
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. HollandSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
- Knott v. Seaboard Air Line RailroadDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
3Cited by4 opinions
- Joseph Brown v. Seaboard Airline Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Seaboard System RR, Inc. v. MellsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
- Lindsey v. Seaboard Coastline RailroadDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
- Alexander v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969