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FONTAINE v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

Docket No. C021640.

54 Cal.App.4th 1519 (1997)

MARY J. FONTAINE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, John S. Gilmore, Charity Kenyon and Christine Cusick for Defendant and Appellant.

The Crow Law Firm, Jack C. Sevey and Gerald J. Adler for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) appeals from a $1.9 million jury verdict in favor of Mary J. Fontaine, who was severely injured in the course of her duties as an Amtrak assistant railroad conductor when she fell from a locomotive ladder. Amtrak presents numerous contentions of instructional error, and...

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