Legal Opinion
Lessert v. BNSF Railway Company
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided August 5, 2020No. 5:17-cv-05030Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION GERALD LESSERT, Special CIV. 17-5030-JLV Administrator of the Estate of RICHARD CLAYMORE LESSERT, Deceased; and RICHARD CLAYMORE LESSERT, ORDER Plaintiffs, vs. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant. INTRODUCTION A train operated by defendant BNSF Railway Company struck and killed Richard Lessert on January 17, 2017, near Edgemont, South Dakota.1 Plaintiff Gerald Lessert, as the special administrator of Mr. Lessert’s estate and on behalf of his surviving family, brings this action under the Federal Employers’…
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