Legal Opinion
Crewdson v. Burlington Northern Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1990No. 87-296PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) appeals a $510,000 verdict awarded by a Lancaster County jury for the wrongful death of Dan L. Crewdson.
We affirm the jury’s finding of liability on the part of BN, find the verdict excessive, and remand the cause for a new trial on damages only.
Twenty-one-year-old Dan Crewdson was killed instantly about 6:30 a.m. January 30,1984, when the car he was driving in a southerly direction on a rural road was hit broadside by an eastbound BN freight train at a railroad crossing near his home.
Marvin Crewdson, the decedent’s personal representative *634and father,…
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- Henninger v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1967
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