Starr's Transportation, Inc. v. St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad

A little after nine o’clock on the morning of March 4, 1961, Floyd Brown was driving a tractor-trailer truck loaded with sixteen tons of lime through Sheldon Junction when he collided with a freight train at a railroad crossing. The truck was owned by the plaintiff and the train was being operated by the defendant over its own tracks. The highway was macadam surfaced and dry; it was daylight and visibility was normal. In attempting to avoid the collision, Brown turned his vehicle to his right down the railroad right-of-way, with the result that the left front of the tractor struck the lead…