PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Mrs. Buford Yates and her children brought suit in the Circuit Court of Smith County seeking damages for the loss of Buford Yates, their husband and father. His death resulted from a collision between the truck he was driving and a railroad locomotive. A verdict of $250,000 was awarded the plaintiffs by the jury from which the railroad company and Ricky Dowdy, the locomotive engineer, appeal.
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