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CRYDERMAN v. SOO LINE RAILROAD CO.

Docket Nos. 28671, 28672.

78 Mich. App. 465 (1977)

260 N.W.2d 135

CRYDERMAN v. SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelman, Loria, Downing, Schneider & Simpson, and Thomas G. Moher, for plaintiffs.

Lindquist & Vennum (by Edward M. Glennon and J. Kevin Costley) and Humphrey & Murphy, for defendant Soo Line Railroad Company.

Dilley, Dewey & Waddell (by Jonathan S. Damon and A. Newton Dilley), for defendant Chippewa County Road Commission.

Amicus Curiae: County Road Association of Michigan by Hillman, Baxter & Hammond (by William S. Farr and Michael D. Wade) and L.W. McEntee.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and M.B. BREIGHNER, JJ.

M.B. BREIGHNER, J.

Defendants appeal seven lower court judgments based upon jury awards granting plaintiffs aggregate money damages in excess of $1,250,000.

This wrongful death action arises out of a car-train accident at the Fibre Crossing in Chippewa County which claimed the lives of eight persons. The accident occurred at the place where Highway 40 intersects the Soo Line Railroad Company's railroad track...

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