Salmon v. LeFrancois

BACKGROUND

By an original Superior Court complaint of December 1, 1994, the plaintiff Dennis Salmon alleged that, on December 4, 1991, he had properly stopped his car at a railroad crossing in the City of Worcester; that three boxcars from a train operated by the Providence and Worcester Railroad had come loose and collided with his automobile; and that he had suffered serious personal injuries. He alleged two causes of action: one for negligent operation of a locomotive by the individual defendant Richard LeFrancois; and one for negligence (apparently by reason of respondeat superior) against…