Dunn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

RULINGS ON POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

RIEDLINGER, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the court on post-trial motions filed by the plaintiffs and the defendants. The motions are opposed.

This is a wrongful death and survival action brought under state law and removed to this court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiffs Etta Lois Pullard Dunn and her three children, Cedric Darnell Dunn, La-driyka Dunn, and John Preston Dunn, filed suit against the defendants, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), Missouri Pacific Railroad Company d/b/a Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP),…