Legal Opinion
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Fisher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 18, 1962PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAY, Commissioner.
Marvin Fisher was killed when one of defendant’s freight trains struck the automobile he was driving at a railroad crossing in Jefferson County. A jury awarded his estate $162,121.50. The defendant appeals, contending it was entitled to a directed verdict.
The accident happened in the afternoon. The decedent was proceeding north on a paved two-lane county-maintained public road. There are two tracks at the crossing. A 61-car freight train headed by two diesel engines approached from decedent’s right (the east) on the far track at a speed of approximately 45 miles an hour.…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Mast v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948
- Owen Motor Freight Lines v. Russell's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Brooks v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing AuthorityKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Riley v. HornbuckleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Burchett v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
- Hargadon v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Thomas v. Greenview Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 2004
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