Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Whitt

Burlington Northern Railroad Company ("Burlington") and R.H. Shalhoop appeal from a judgment awarding Joan Whitt $989,646.67 interest on a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Whitt. We reverse and remand.

This is the second time this case has come before us. SeeBurlington Northern R.R. v. Whitt, 575 So.2d 1011 (Ala. 1990),cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 1415, 113 L.Ed.2d 468 (1991). This suit was initiated by Burlington following a collision involving a Burlington train and a tractor-trailer truck driven by Joan Whitt's husband, who died in the accident. Burlington sued Joan…