Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Chicago & Northwestern Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 17, 1982No. 67872PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Judge.
Permission for this interlocutory appeal was granted to review the trial court’s interpretation of Iowa Code § 307.26(5)(b) (1981), and also to review a number of pretrial rulings on discovery. Except for one of the several rulings on discovery, which we reverse in part, we affirm the trial court.
Barbara Sullivan and her three-year-old son Paul were killed when their vehicle was struck by a train owned by the defendant railway company (the railroad). The executor of the victims’ estate brought this wrongful death action against the railroad and against the engineer and brakeman…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- State v. HildebrandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Anne P. Kozar, Administratrix of the Estate of John P. Kozar, Deceased v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Iowa National Industrial Loan Co. v. Iowa State Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- State v. BostonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
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3Cited by42 opinions
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