Legal Opinion
Acker v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 22, 2005No. 00-2487-JWLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Ralph E. and Wilma J. Acker and Everseal Gasket, Inc. brought this negligence action alleging that defendant Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company caused flooding in their gasket manufacturing plant when defendant left several cars of one of its trains on the tracks adjacent to a watercourse during a torrential rainstorm. According to plaintiffs, defendant’s actions resulted in a dam effect, backing up water into their plant.
In January 2005, the Honorable G. Thomas VanBebber held a trial in the case, and the jury returned a…
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