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GOULD v. BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY

292 A.2d 837 (1972)

Clifford GOULD v. BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY. TROMBLY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Solman, Caribou, Stevens, Engels & Bishop, by Richard C. Engels, Albert M. Stevens, Presque Isle, for plaintiffs.

William M. Houston, Bangor, Lynwood E. Hand, Houlton, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen & McKusick by Vincent L. McKusick, Peter L. Murray, Portland, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, and WERNICK, JJ.

WEBBER, Justice.

These two cases, tried together, resulted in jury verdicts for the two plaintiffs. The cases arise from a crossing accident in which a cement truck owned by Trombly Construction Company and operated by Trombly's employee Gould was in collision with a train operated by defendant Railroad. Applying the doctrine of comparative negligence, the jury reduced a verdict of $20,000 for Gould for his personal injuries by $8,000 but reduced a verdict of $8,000...

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