Hull v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to appellee Board of Trustees of Pleasant Township (“Pleasant Township”) and dismissing it as a party in the action.

This action involves an automobile-train accident which occurred at the intersection of State Route 665 and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company crossing in Pleasant Township, Ohio. The trial court held that Pleasant Township was entitled to the defense of sovereign immunity and that it had no duty to maintain the B&O Railroad crossing at State Route 665. Appellants…