Legal Opinion
Emery v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 20, 1993PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SANDERS, Presiding Judge
(Eastern Section).
Defendants have appealed from a jury verdict in favor of the Plaintiffs for personal injuries received when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by Defendants’ train at a crossing.
In June, 1990, the Plaintiffs-Appellees, John Emery and Orbin Johnson, were riding in an automobile traveling in a westerly direction on Warrenburg Road in Hamblen County toward a railroad crossing. At that same time, Defendant Southern Railway Company (Southern) was operating its freight train in a southerly direction on its tracks. The train was being…
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