Barrett v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.

The plaintiff administrator of the estate of the decedent, Patricia J. Barrett, brought this action against the defendant railway company and the defendant engineer of one of its freight trains to recover damages for the wrongful death of the decedent resulting from a collision between the defendants’ train and the decedent’s automobile at a railroad crossing. After a jury trial, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. This appeal 1 followed the denial by the trial court of the defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The jury could…