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BROWN v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R.R.

No. 82-1946.

703 F.2d 1050 (1983)

Barbara BROWN, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Mark Brown; Herman Brown, Father and Parent of Robert Mark Brown; Sharon Schaub, Judy Grove, W. Herman Brown, Paula Brown, Brothers and Sisters of Robert Mark Brown, Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel H. Friday & James M. Simpson, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

James Bruce McMath, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 6, 1983.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of an accident at a railroad crossing in Prescott, Arkansas. The District Court1 entered judgment on the jury's verdict, and the railroad appeals. The jury awarded $80,000 compensatory damages and $62,000 punitive damages. Motions for judgment non obstante veredicto and a new trial were filed by the railroad. They were denied...

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