SINCLAIR v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 10638.

489 P.2d 442 (1971)

94 Idaho 409

Cora SINCLAIR, Administratrix of the Estate of Herman Sinclair, deceased, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

October 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon & Nixon, Bonners Ferry, for appellant.

Wilson & Walter, Bonners Ferry, for respondent.


McQUADE, Chief Justice.

On December 6, 1967, Herman Sinclair was struck by a derrick car being pushed by a work train of the Great Northern Railway while walking along its tracks. The injuries he sustained led to his death a short while later. The derrick was on a flatcar and was being pushed to the scene of a derailment to which the decedent was also heading. Sinclair was employed by the Great Northern at the time of the accident and had worked for the railway for...

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