Osterfoss Ex Rel. Osterfoss v. Illinois Central Railroad

LeGRAND, Justice.

These appeals arise out of an accident which occurred on March 7, 1968, when one of defendant railroad’s trains struck an automobile at a railroad crossing running through Webster City. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of defendants on the wrongful death claim brought by the administrator of the estate of C. De-Verne Osterfoss, driver of the vehicle involved. The same jury awarded $60,000.00 to Renee Dawn Osterfoss, decedent’s minor daughter, who was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident. The unsuccessful parties appealed from the judgments entered on…