Legal Opinion
Martinolich v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 12, 1988No. Nos. 88 CW 0159, 88 CW 0327Published
1Opinion of the Court
SHORTESS, Judge.
These consolidated cases stem from a collision which occurred on November 1, 1980, between a train owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (Southern Pacific) and a sugar cane truck owned by Nick Martinolich and operated by Russell Benoit, his employee. The collision occurred in Lafourche Parish at a point where the Southern Pacific railroad tracks traverse Louisiana Highway 3185.
Southern Pacific filed suit for its damages against Martinolich, Benoit, and American Mutual Insurance Company. These defendants brought a third party demand against the State of…
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