NATIONAL R.R. v. CATLETT VOLUNTEER FIRE

Record No. 901527.

404 S.E.2d 216 (1991)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION v. CATLETT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INCORPORATED, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Earl Baril, John L. Walker, III (Samuel W. Hixon, III, George W. Marget, III, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Julia B. Judkins (Richard H. Lewis, Fairfax, Kevin Lee Locklin, Merrifield, Randolph E. Trow, Jr., Richmond, Lewis, Trichilo & Bancroft, Fairfax, Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnson, Merrifield, Poole & Poole, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

Following a railway crossing collision between a passenger train and a fire truck, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), owner of the train, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Catlett Volunteer Fire Company, Incorporated, owner of the fire truck (Catlett), and the estate of Mark Jay Miller, a volunteer fireman who was operating the fire truck and who was killed in the...

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