Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Ellison
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 15, 1971No. 5-5486PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. Fred Jones, Justice.
This is an appeal by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company from a judgment against it for personal injuries and property damages growing out of a train-truck collision at a railroad crossing in Benton, Arkansas.
On March 4, 1969, James E. Ellison, while in the course of his employment by East Texas Motor Freight Lines as a truck driver, drove an East Texas truck onto the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company’s track at the Neeley crossing in Benton, and it was struck by an eastbound Missouri Pacific freight train. The train stopped after the collision and Woodrow Utley, a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., Thompson v. DoyleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
- Lacewell v. GriffinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. BakerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- Mo. Pac. Railroad Co., Thompson v. BinkleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
- French v. BrowningSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933
3Cited by7 opinions
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Mary Ellen Scoville, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas W. Scoville, Jr., Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Robert King, Administrator of the Estate of Angela King, Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Scoville v. Missouri Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Cartwright v. Burlington Northern RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1995
- Shibley v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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