Legal Opinion

Howard Turner Mary Turner Bill Oskowski Marisa Oskowski v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 11, 2003No. 02-35270PublishedCited by 162 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company (“BNSF”) appeals from a jury award granted to Howard and Mary Turner and Bill and Marisa Oskowski. The Turners and the Oskowskis filed a negligence action against BNSF after a range fire that started on BNSF’s right-of-way destroyed their real and personal property. On appeal, BNSF makes two assertions of error: (1) the district court improperly excluded portions of its expert’s testimony, and (2) the Plaintiffs did not provide sufficient evidence to support their claims for emotional distress. We affirm the judgment on the…

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