Legal Opinion
Estate of Bloodworth v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2013No. 2011-CA-01908-SCTPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. This appeal arises out of a civil suit by the estates and wrongful-death beneficiaries of Christopher Allan Bloodworth, Steven Earl Tallant Jr., Marcus Richardson, and A.W. Hilson, four men killed at a railroad crossing when a freight train collided with the truck in which they were traveling (hereinafter Plaintiffs). The wrongful-death beneficiaries of Blood-worth, Tallant, Richardson, and Hilson filed their complaint(s) against Illinois Central and its employees: the train crew, Ronnie C. Hollowell (the engineer) and J.D. Miller (the conductor), as well…
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