1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 711 S.W.2d
  5. 711 S.W.2d 805 (1986)
 

LOUISIANA AND NORTH WEST R.R. CO. v. WILLIS

No. 86-79.

711 S.W.2d 805 (1986)

289 Ark. 410

LOUISIANA AND NORTH WEST RAILROAD COMPANY and Joe R. Youngblood, Appellants, v. James H. WILLIS, Administrator of the Estate of Jo Ann Willis Williams, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler & Thomason by Larry W. Chandler, Magnolia, for appellants.

Acchione & King, Mike Kinard by Harold King, Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

Jo Ann Willis Williams was killed when she drove into the side of appellant Louisiana and North West Railroad Company's locomotive. The locomotive had stopped at the crossing of Highway 19 and appellant's track near Magnolia so that the front end blocked only her lane of traffic. The appellee, James H. Willis, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Williams, was awarded $5,000 in compensatory damages and $65,000 in punitive damages in an action against...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases