Legal Opinion
Corrie Burckhard v. BNSF Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2016No. 15-2106PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs, personal representatives of the decedents, sued BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) for the deaths of two BNSF employees, Todd Burckhard and Blaine Mack. After rejecting BNSF’s motions for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL), the district court2 submitted the case to a jury. The jury found in favor of plaintiffs. After the verdict, BNSF moved the district court to alter or amend the judgment based on an agreement that plaintiffs had entered with BNSF prior to trial. The district court denied BNSF’s motion. On appeal, BNSF argues that the district court (1) improperly denied its JMOL…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District v. Mallinckrodt, Inc., Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Jerry Ackley v. Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Billy Richardson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Kirk Ludlow v. BNSF Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
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3Cited by19 opinions
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