Legal Opinion
Lilly Fitch, Individually, and as Next Friend of Donna Diane Fitch v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Transportation Company, D/B/A M-K-T Railroad.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1971No. 29749PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
On a dark, misty January night in 1968, an automobile carrying a trio of motorists crashed into the lead gondola car of a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Transportation Company (M-K-T) train at an intersection in Denison, Texas. One of the car’s occupants, William Edward Fitch, was killed instantly. Subsequently his wife, Lilly Fitch, individually and as next friend of the couple’s four minor daughters, instituted an action against M-K-T under the Texas Death and Survival Statutes for damages for the death of her husband. From a judgment for plaintiffs in the sum of $95,000,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Don H. McGuire v. Emmett Julius DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
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