Legal Opinion
Watts v. New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 8, 1974No. 5960PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL, Judge.
Plaintiff filed this suit for personal injuries and lost wages resulting from a collision between a large truck operated by him and a Baldwin diesel locomotive on Mehur-in Street at its intersection with defendant’s railroad switch track in Jefferson Parish. The accident occurred on August 28, 1970 between 2 and 4 a. m. It was stipulated at the trial that as a result of the plaintiff’s injuries he was incapacitated for a period of 4 weeks and lost $520 in wages.
After trial on the merits, the lower court rendered judgment'in favor of the plaintiff for $3,663. Defendant has…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Odom v. HooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Hymel v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Sule v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Calvert Fire Ins. Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1951
- Kavanaugh v. Travelers Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Leroy Warren Kinchen, and North-West Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Green v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Serpas v. New Orleans Public Belt RailroadLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Leroy Warren Kinchen, and North-West Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982