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OSTERFOSS v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

No. 55739.

215 N.W.2d 233 (1974)

Renee Dawn OSTERFOSS, a Minor, by Karen Osterfoss, her next friend, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, a Corporation, et al., Appellants. Karen OSTERFOSS, as Administrator of the Estate of C. DeVerne Osterfoss, Deceased, Cross-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, a Corporation, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kersten, Opheim, Carlson & Estes, Fort Dodge, for appellants and cross-appellee.

Stewart H. M. Lund and Patrick B. Chambers, Webster City, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.

LeGRAND, Justice.

These appeals arise out of an accident which occurred on March 7, 1968, when one of defendant railroad's trains struck an automobile at a railroad crossing running through Webster City. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of defendants on the wrongful death claim brought by the administrator of the estate of C. DeVerne Osterfoss, driver of the vehicle involved. The same jury awarded $60,000.00 to Renee Dawn Osterfoss, decedent's minor daughter...

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