KARL v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 88-1092.

880 F.2d 68 (1989)

Betty KARL, Appellee, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Kudej, Susan A. Peters and Paul D. Lundberg, Sioux City, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas J. Culhane, Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and NICHOL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 6, 1989.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Burlington Northern Railroad Company appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for $273,750 in favor of Betty Karl for injuries sustained in a railroad intersection collision. This case presents two troublesome issues concerning the way in which the district court handled the jury. First, the court orally instructed the jury after it returned inconsistent answers...

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