Carolyn Holmes, Personal Representative for the Estate of Robert v. Holmes v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc CAROLYN HOLMES, Personal ) Opinion issued March 8, 2021 Representative for the Estate of ) ROBERT V. HOLMES, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SC98673 ) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY The Honorable Bryan E. Round, Judge Carolyn Holmes (hereinafter, “Holmes”) filed a wrongful death lawsuit in her purported capacity as the personal representative of the estate of her husband, Robert V. Holmes (hereinafter, “Decedent”), against Union Pacific Railroad Company (hereinafter, “Union Pacific”) under the Federal…