Hartford Fire Insurance v. Illinois Central Railroad

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff’s insured was operating a crane during unloading operations on a railroad spur located.at or near Burnside, Louisiana, on or about July 23, 1957. While the plaintiff was unloading extremely heavy boiler plates from a gondola car spotted on a track to the west of the main line, directly across from the station depot, the crane and the boiler plate extended so as to partially block locomotive travel on the main track. While the boiler plate and crane were blocking the main track, a freight train of the defendant was approaching from the south and rounded a curve…