Legal Opinion
Mobbs v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 28, 1990No. 86-255PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
This appeal stems from a fatal train-car collision
in which three of the car’s occupants were killed and the other two seriously injured. Plaintiffs, the two surviving passengers and the estates of two of the decedents, appeal a jury verdict finding that defendant Central Vermont Railway, Inc. (CVR) was negligent but that CVR’s negligence was not a proximate cause of plaintiffs’ injuries. We affirm.
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At approximately noon on February 4, 1978, David Mobbs drove his car into the path of an oncoming train at the Jones-ville railway crossing. Mr. Mobbs, his wife, Sandra, and their two-month-old…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Johnson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Sharon M. IVANOV-McPHEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and Herbert Geist, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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