Legal Opinion
Estate of Clifton v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 31, 1985No. 04-83-00127-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REEVES, Justice.
James Bozeman, Horace Clifton and Ronald Athey were accidently killed while on a fishing trip in Val Verde County. The accident occurred when the van in which they were riding was struck by a freight train owned by Southern Pacific Transportation Company at a railroad crossing on Box Canyon Road. The train’s engineer was Rusty Reams. Suit was instituted by Linda Clifton, widow of Clifton, individually and as legal representative of the estate of Clifton, and as next friend of their three minor children, Anthony Paul Clifton, David Wayne Clifton, and Julie Ann Clifton,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Grandstaff v. City of BorgerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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- Romero v. ByersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Estate of Clifton v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
- William O. Wheat v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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