Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. Travelers Insurance Co.

COLE, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, brought suit for property damage against the Parish of St. Tammany, St. Tammany Road District No. 7, and Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers), the liability insurer of the two governmental bodies. This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court granting Travelers’ motion for a summary judgment and dismissing the insurer from the case.

This suit arose out of a train derailment that occurred on February 21, 1977, in St. Tammany Parish at or near a railroad crossing of a parish road. The plaintiff alleges…