Legal Opinion
Lena Sias Bolden v. Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1972No. 71-3575PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
A northbound train and westbound car collided at the perpendicular intersection of Louisiana Highway 158 and the main line tracks of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company. At the time of the accident Lena Sias Bolden was a passenger in the automobile driven by her employer, James E. Jordan. Mrs. Bolden sustained serious injuries. Her employer being unavailable for service of process, Kansas City Southern Railway, operator of the train, took the full brunt of her attempts for monetary redress.
Jurisdiction in the federal court was based on diversity of citizenship. After a trial to a…
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