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HOOPS v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 42636.

83 Wn.2d 396 (1974)

518 P.2d 707

FRED M. HOOPS, as Executor, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loney, Westland, Raekes, Rettig & Sonderman, by Philip M. Raekes, for appellant.

Delbert W. Johnson, for respondent Burlington Northern, Inc.

Olson & Olson, by Orville B. Olson, for respondent City of Kennewick.

HAMILTON, J.

On the morning of March 18, 1970, Mrs. Virginia Ann Hoops, while driving to her place of employment, was killed in an automobile-train collision at a grade crossing, designated as the Johnson Street crossing, in the city of Kennewick, Washington. The crossing, bordered by residential areas, is one of four within a 2-mile area annexed by the City of Kennewick in July 1967. The first two crossings to the west, Columbia Center Boulevard and Edison Street...

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