Fairport, Painesville & Eastern Railroad v. Meredith

Respondent recovered judgment against petitioner upon the verdict of a jury in an Ohio state court of first instance for a personal injury resulting from a collision at a railroad-highway crossing between an automobile which she was driving and a train of cars operated by petitioner over its line of railroad. There is evidence that the train approached the crossing without sounding the whistle of the engine or ringing the bell so as to give warning of the train’s approach. There is also evidence which fairly establishes that as respondent drew near the crossing the train was in plain view for…