Sandra Lomenick of Iuka, Mississippi was killed in a car-train accident in Huntsville, AL. while riding as a passenger in a 2002 Ford Focus driven by Glenn Henry Brown. Brown collided with a Norfolk Southern train at the Mill Creek Loop crossing. Brown was flown to Huntsville hospital where he was put into the neurological ICU. Ms. Lomenick was pronounced dead at the scene.
Who could sue whom and why? The family of Ms. Lomenick can sue the driver of her car for failure to keep a proper lookout and the railroad company for improper maintenance of the crossing, assuming that an approaching driver's view was blocked as he approached the crossing. The driver can also make a claim against the railroad company for improper maintenance of the crossing.
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Information provided by Mississippi Accident Lawyer Paul Snow.
