Title: Candle v. Consol. Rail Corp.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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Candle et al., Appellants, v. Consolidated Rail Corporation et                   
al., Appellees.                                                                  
[Cite as Candle v. Consol. Rail Corp. (1994),     Ohio St.3d                     
.]                                                                               
Torts -- Negligence -- Federal Railroad Safety Act and Highway                   
     Safety Act do not preempt state law over negligence suits                   
     alleging a failure to maintain adequate grade crossing                      
     warning devices.                                                            
     (No. 93-2317 -- Submitted May 11, 1994 -- Decided June 15,                  
1994.)                                                                           
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Mahoning County, No.                   
92 C.A. 18.                                                                      
                                                                                 
     Aronson, Fineman & Davis Co., L.P.A., Kellie S. Kontnier                    
and William J. Davis; C. Bruce Williams; Landskroner & Phillips                  
Co., L.P.A., and Lawrence Landskroner, for appellants.                           
     Vogelgesang, Howes, Lindamood & Brunn and Philip E. Howes,                  
for appellee Consolidated Rail Corporation.                                      
     James A. Philomena, Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney,                   
and Kathi McNabb, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee                   
Board of Commissioners of Mahoning County.                                       
                                                                                 
     The judgment on appeal is reversed and the cause is                         
remanded to the trial court on authority of Carpenter v.                         
Consol. Rail Corp. (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 259,     N.E.2d    .                    
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright,  Resnick, F.E.                  
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.