Zuments v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Dr. Nikolajs Zu-ments, was killed in a grade-crossing collision on February 5, 1965, while driving north on state route No. 69 in Wood County. Defendant’s employees were operating two engines in a southwesterly direction along a single railroad track at the crossing of the railroad tracks and route No. 69. The motor vehicle and the front engine collided, causing plaintiff’s decedent’s death. The case was tried to a jury in the Common Pleas Court. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff and judgment was entered upon the verdict. Two members of the Court of Appeals…