SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. LUECK

No. 2 CA-CIV 1578.

22 Ariz. App. 90 (1974)

523 P.2d 1327

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Appellant, v. Melanie LUECK, in her Individual capacity and as surviving widow of William T. Lueck, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1974.

Review Granted January 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bilby, Thompson, Shoenhair & Warnock, P.C. by Harold C. Warnock, and Richard M. Bilby, T. Scott Higgins, Tucson, for appellant.

Barber, Haralson, Giles & Moore by D. Dale Haralson, Tucson, for appellee.


OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellee instituted an action for the alleged wrongful death of her husband resulting from a collision between appellant's train and a truck driven by the deceased. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict against appellant in the sum of $2,000,000 compensatory damages and $1,080,000 punitive damages. The engineer and fireman of the train, also named as defendants, were exonerated by the jury.

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