Legal Opinion
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Grider
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 19, 1995No. 94-947PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
This case involves a collision between a freight train and a tractor-trailer, which occurred at a rural crossing in Crittenden County on August 1, 1990. The conductor of the train, appellee Billy John Grider, suffered a neck injury and brought suit against his employer, appellant St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (“Railway”), under the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.S.C. § 51, etseq., asserting that Railway was negligent in failing to keep a right-of-way free from weeds and other obstructing vegetation, thus not providing him with a…
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