Indianapolis Union Railway v. Walker

Plaintiff-appellee Ronald Walker, by his next friend, Everett Walker, instituted this action seeking damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a locomotive of defendant-appellant Indianapolis Union Railway Company (Railway) and an automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger. From judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $200,000, Railway appeals, presenting the following issues for review:

1. 'Whether the instructions given concerning Railway’s duty of care in operating its trains and maintaining a public crossing were erroneous statements of…