Ann Aurora v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

After Ann Aurora learned her twenty-four-year-old son was seriously injured in a truck accident, Aurora brought this diversity action against the Burlington Northern Railroad Company (the Railroad) asserting claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress, loss of consortium, and reimbursement of expenses she incurred for her son’s care. Concluding Aurora could not recover under Nebraska law, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Railroad. Aurora appeals, and we affirm.

A Railroad employee drove a truck through a stop sign and struck Aurora’s…