Jonson v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad

Petrie, A.C.J.

Plaintiffs, Richard K. Jonson and Patrick D. Dopita, appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company. Plaintiffs note 35 assignments of error, which they synthesize into 12 issues. We find merit only in plaintiffs' contention that the jury was not fully and properly instructed on the concept of multiplicity of proximate causes.

Golden Given Road, a 2-lane street lying just outside the city limits of Tacoma, is bisected by a railroad track used by defendant. The track crosses the road at a 30-degree angle. The southerly…