Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Jackson

A passenger train of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Bailway Company collided on April 2, 1943 with another of its trains at Bruce ton. L. P. Jackson, who *204was a passenger on the Nashville bound train, instituted this suit for personal injuries alleged to have been received in this collision. The railroad assumed liability for any injuries proximately resulting therefrom, but has consistently taken the position in this case that there is no causal connection between the injuries or afflictions with which Jackson claimed to he suffering and the collision. The Court of Appeals affirmed…