Isbell v. Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad Company (defendant) appeals a jury verdict for Jonathan Isbell (plaintiff) as administrator of the estate of Steven A. Kelso, in plaintiff’s cause of action for negligence against defendant. Plaintiffs counts against Donald F. Cain and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company were dismissed at the trial, so defendant and plaintiff are the only parties in this appeal. Plaintiffs cause of action arose out of a fatal collision on December 12, 1995, as Steven drove his employer’s truck south on Springfield Road. Steven’s truck was struck by defendant’s eastbound train at the…