Legal Opinion

Still v. Hampton and Branchville Railroad

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 22, 1972No. 19421PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BrailsforD', Justice.

Plaintiff sustained personal injuries and property damage on August 26, 1964, in a collision of his automobile with the thirty-second car of a forty-car train crossing South Carolina Highway No. 64 in Colleton County. Two days later, he commenced this action against the railroad company and the South Carolina Highway Department, alleging that the crossing was unusually dangerous, and that his injuries were proximately caused, without negligence on his part, by the negligent and reckless failure of the defend ants to adequately mark and protect it. Upon trial of the case…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Illinois Central Railroad v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Carlson v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Poole v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1967

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Patterson v. I. H. Services, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1988
  2. Doe v. AsburyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  3. Hurst v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  4. Hurst v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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