Wheeler v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO.

Defendant railroad appeals as of right from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs. We affirm.

This action arose on January 19, 1982, when the car of plaintiff John Wheeler was struck by a train at the railroad crossing on Orchard Lake Road in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and plaintiff was seriously injured. At trial, plaintiff testified that he had been traveling at approximately twenty-five miles per hour as he approached the crossing, that he did not hear any bells or train whistles nor see any flasher signals, and that he did not see the train until a split second before impact. Additional…