Legal Opinion

Myers v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 19, 1967No. 1079PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an adverse jury verdict in an action arising out of a collision between a train and a motorcycle at a railroad crossing. The primary question for consideration is *625whether, in the absence of a showing that a railroad crossing is extra hazardous, more than the statutorily required warning devices must be provided.

This question was answered in the negative by the Supreme Court in Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. v. Wallace, 1911, 61 Fla. 93, 54 So. 893, and the basis for the opinion in Wallace was more recently followed in McNulty v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. WallaceSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  2. McNulty v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. WelfareDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

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