PITTMAN v. FRAZER

No. 97-1597.

129 F.3d 983 (1997)

James Curtis PITTMAN, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Joy Faye Pittman Ellis, Deceased; Joyce Ann Pittman, Individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Joy Faye Pittman Ellis, Deceased, Appellants, v. Thomas A. FRAZER, Jr.; Paul B. Smith; Alvin L. Triggs; Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Bowen, West Memphis, AR, argued, for appellants.

David Wilson, Little Rock, AR, argued (John Dewey Watson, William H. Sutton, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for appellees.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 22, 1997.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for wrongful death brought under diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and governed by Arkansas law. Plaintiffs James Curtis Pittman and Joyce Ann Pittman (Pittmans), as co-administrators of the estate of Joy Faye Pittman Ellis, and Joyce Ann Pittman, individually, appeal from the judgment entered by the district court

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