Legal Opinion
Alcorn v. Union Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 29, 2001No. SC 82325PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLFF, Judge.
Introduction
Kimberly R. Alcorn was a passenger in a car driven by Curtis Edwards, which was hit by an Amtrak train at a railroad crossing on a county road south of Highway 50 between Warrensburg and Sedalia, Missouri. Union Pacific Railroad owned the tracks and crossing. Alcorn suffered serious, permanent injuries and sued Union Pacific Railroad, Amtrak, 1 Edwards, and the engineer operating the train, David Grimoldi.
Alcorn dismissed her claims against Gri-moldi before trial, and the case was tried against the remaining three defendants. The jury found Union Pacific and Amtrak…
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