BRASSETTE v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC.

Nos. 82-1127, 82-1172 and 82-1173.

687 F.2d 153 (1982)

Robert O. BRASSETTE, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC., Appellee, v. TRAILER TRAIN CORPORATION, Appellant, ACF Industries, and Bethlehem Steel Corp. Robert O. BRASSETTE, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC., Appellee, v. TRAILER TRAIN CORPORATION, ACF Industries, Appellant, and Bethlehem Steel Corp.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1982.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant & cross-appellee.

James J. DeMars, Barlow, Johnson, DeMars & Flodman, Lincoln, Neb., for ACF Industries.

William R. Johnson, Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, Neb., for Trailer Train Corp.

Woods, Aitken, Smith, Greer, Overcash & Spangler, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Before HEANEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the Burlington Northern Railroad, defendant and third-party plaintiff below, from the District Court's1 judgment on jury verdicts in favor of three third-party defendants. The Burlington Northern alleges a number of errors in the proceedings below, and third-party defendants ACF Industries and Trailer Train Corporation have filed cross-appeals contesting...

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