KOPRIVA v. UNION PAC. R. CO.

No. 5011.

592 P.2d 711 (1979)

Patricia A. KOPRIVA and Ronald M. Kopriva, wife and husband, et al., Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Utah Corporation, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Hitchcock, Laramie, for appellants.

David G. Lewis, Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., McCLINTOCK, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ., and GUTHRIE, J., Retired.


McCLINTOCK, Justice.

On September 19, 1974 the Union Pacific Railroad Company damaged a bridge overpassing its railroad track on the eastbound lanes of U.S. Interstate Highway 80. This necessitated rerouting all traffic over the westbound corridor, thereby creating a two-lane highway over a short span of roadway, including another bridge.1 The Interstate had not been restored to four-lane traffic by May 21, 1975, on which date a car being...

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