Lessert v. BNSF Railway Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION GERALD LESSERT, SPECIAL 5:17-CV-05030-RAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD CLAYMORE LESSERT, DECEASED; AND RICHARD CLAYMORE LESSERT, Plaintiffs, OPINION AND ORDER VACATING SUMMARY JUDGMENT DECISION Vs. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, A CORPORATION; Defendant. This case involves a horrible work-related accident on January 17, 2017, at the west switch of the Deadwood wye costing Richard Lessert and Doug Schmitz their lives. In an Order dated August 5, 2020, the district judge then-assigned to the case entered partial summary…