MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO. v. MACKEY

No. 88-90.

760 S.W.2d 59 (1988)

297 Ark. 137

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellants, v. Betty L. MACKEY, Executrix of the Estate of Cleo Franklin Mackey, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel H. Friday, Michael G. Thompson, Elizabeth J. Robben, Little Rock, for appellants.

Bill Walters, Greenwood, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in a wrongful death case. The death resulted from a pickup truck and train collision at a railroad and highway intersection. The verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee totaled $550,000.00. The appellant argues seven points for reversal: (1) the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in favor of the defendants on the issue of causation; (2) the trial court erred in submitting the...

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