Legal Opinion
Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Whitt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 21, 1990No. 88-376PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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This appeal involves the grade-crossing collision near Townley, Alabama, of a railroad train operated by Burlington Northern Railroad Company, and a tractor-trailer truck driven by William Whitt, who was killed in the accident. Burlington Northern sued Ligon Nationwide, Inc. ("Ligon"), as Mr. Whitt's employer, and Joan Faye Whitt, as administratrix of the estate of William Charles Whitt, on October 25, 1985. Burlington claimed that Whitt, in driving onto the…
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