Legal Opinion
Lacy v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1999No. 25341PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRAW, Justice:
Plaintiff-appellants Tanya Lacy and Richard Brooks were injured when the car in which they were passengers collided with a train operated by appellee CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”), at a grade crossing in St. Albans, West Virginia in January 1995. Plaintiffs brought actions against both CSX and the driver of the car, Cacoe Sullivan, in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. At the close of a two-week trial, which was bifurcated on the issues of liability and damages, the jury found both defendants negligent, but concluded in its special verdict that CSX’s negligence was not a…
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