Rodgers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

GUIDRY, Judge.

This is a suit for property damages. Plaintiff, Roland Rodgers, filed this suit against defendants, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (hereafter, MoPac), W. B. Lindsey, and Lindsey Plumbing, Inc., to recover property damages resulting from a collision between a train owned and operated by MoPac and a 580 B. Case Tractor (more commonly referred to as a “backhoe”) owned by the plaintiff and leased to Lindsey Plumbing, Inc. MoPac filed a third party demand against R. L. Grisby, the operator of the backhoe, contending that if MoPac is held liable to the plaintiff, it is entitled to…