Wright v. City of Kennewick

On December 31, 1959, at approximately 7:50 p.m., an automobile driven by Dennis Wright, the 17-year-old son of the plaintiff, collided with a freight train belonging to the defendant Northern Pacific Railway Company (hereafter referred to as Northern Pacific) at an intersection in the city of Kennewick. The boy was killed, and two young passengers who were riding with him in the front seat were injured slightly.

The evidence was that for 2 days, there had been a light snow on the ground, and a freezing rain earlier in the day had made the streets icy. Dennis did not see the approaching train,…