Landers v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

NOBLE, Justice.

This appeal results from a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding appellee damages of $75,000 for personal injuries received in a collision between the truck operated by appellee and a railway engine of Atchison, T. Sr S. F. Ry. Co. The judgment was against the railway company and its employees who were operating the engine. Fireman’s Fund Indemnity Co. and State Automobile and Casualty Underwriters appear as intervenors by reason of having paid benefits to appellee under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1953 Comp. § 59-10-1 et seq., as an insurer of appellee’s employer.

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