Legal Opinion
Scoville v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1972No. Nos. 71-1129, 71-1130PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Thomas W. Scoville, Jr., age 18, and Angela King, age 8, were killed when a Volkswagen automobile driven by Thomas, in which Angela was a passenger, was struck by the left front portion of a diesel locomotive owned and operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. The Scoville and King families instituted separate diversity actions in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to recover, damages for the wrongful deaths of their respective decedents. The cases were consolidated for trial to a jury. The railway appeals from…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Elzig v. GudwangenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Bankers Life & Casualty Company v. C. M. Kirtley, Trustee in Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of Automatic Washer CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Edward L. Flanigan v. Burlington Northern Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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- Michael Mandel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Herold v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Mary Ellen Scoville, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas W. Scoville, Jr., Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Robert King, Administrator of the Estate of Angela King, Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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