Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Lueck

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellee instituted an action for the alleged wrongful death of her husband resulting from a collision between appellant’s train and a truck driven by the deceased. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict against appellant in the sum of $2,000,000 compensatory damages and $1,080,000 punitive damages. The engineer and fireman of the train, also named as defendants, were exonerated by the jury.

Appellant has cited many alleged errors of the trial court including excessive damages. We need not discuss all the issues raised by appellant since we agree with its contention…