Legal Opinion
Lusby v. Union Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1993No. 92-1109PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Following the death of Ronald Darryl Lus-by, Jr. (Darryl) in a train accident, Ronald D. Lusby (Lusby), Darryl’s father and administrator of Darryl’s estate, brought this wrongful death action against Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific). Union Pacific appeals a jury verdict in Lusby’s favor. We reverse and remand.
Darryl was an employee of his father’s corporation, which operated, an ambulance and wrecker service in Jefferson County, Arkansas. On the night of November 23, 1987, Darryl was driving a wrecker on a county road near Pine Bluff. Darryl neared a Union…
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- United States v. Sally A. PapiaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Odis Robertson v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Faye Hendrix Vickers, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Arthur Ray Hendrix, Deceased v. Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Harrison v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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