Strahm v. B. & O. R. R.

This is an action in negligence against the defendant, railroad, appellee herein, for wrongful death of plaintiff-appellant’s decedent. Mr. Strahm was a truck driver killed in a collision at the railroad crossing on Breese Road in the village of Fort Shawnee, Ohio, involving the truck which he was operating and a train operated by defendant! The collision occurred on October 12, 1964, at about 2:55 a. m., and Mr. Strahm died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. The case was tried to a jury, and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the trial court sustained a motion for a…