Summons v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
David Newbern, Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal of a circuit court’s refusal to certify a class action. The appellants are Charles and Wilma Summons who brought the action on behalf of themselves and their children, Kellen and Tanya Summons. They seek to represent a class of several thousand persons who were evacuated from their homes or businesses as the result of a railroad accident in which a chemical tank car overturned in North Little Rock. The appellees are Missouri Pacific Railroad (MOPAC), which operated the train, and Union Carbide Corporation, the shipper of the chemical. We…
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