ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RR CO. v. Johnson

Richard Johnson and his wife, Winnie Johnson, sued Norfolk Southern Corporation;1 Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("NSR"); Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company ("AGS"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSR; Maurice Weldon, a conductor for AGS; and Thomas J. Archer, an engineer for AGS. Richard Johnson sought damages on claims of negligence and wantonness arising from injuries he sustained when his vehicle was struck at a railroad crossing by a train owned and operated by NSR and AGS and subsequently identified as "train W96." Johnson's wife asserted a derivative loss-of-consortium claim.2

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