Legal Opinion
Soo Line Railroad Company v. Werner Enterprises
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2016No. 15-1373PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
A truck driven by a Werner Enterprises (Werner) employee struck a train operated by Soo Line Railroad Company, doing business as Canadian Pacific (Canadian Pacific), causing a tanker car to spill the chemical it was carrying. Canadian Pacific sued Werner for the clean-up costs under theories of trespass, nuisance, and negligence. The district court 2 granted summary judgment to Werner on the trespass and nuisance claims, and the case proceeded to trial on the negligence claim. The jury returned a verdict for Werner, and the district court denied Canadian Pacific’s…
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