Jones v. Florida East Coast Railroad

TEDDER, GEORGE W., Jr., Associate Judge.

Plaintiff Charles Jones appeals a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, entered on a jury verdict for the defendant, Florida East Coast Railroad Company. A street-railway crossing was the scene of the events that is the subject matter of the controversy involved herein and the parties will be referred to here in the same position occupied by each in the trial court.

Plaintiff’s minor son, Jerry Jones, fifteen (15) years of age, was killed in a collision between his motorcycle and a train at a railroad crossing in the City of…