JAMES EX REL. JAMES v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN

No. 96-1986.

587 N.W.2d 462 (1998)

Jon T. JAMES, Cherri R. James, and Lacey James, Kendra James, and Zachary James, Minors, by Cherri R. JAMES, Their Mother and Next Friend, Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Gajdel and Peter W. Berger of Berger & Culp, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Michael W. Thrall of Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & OBrien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a modest tort recovery for loss of consortium arising from serious injuries incurred in an automobile-train collision. The assignments are varied and complex, but many will be passed because the case must be controlled by a directed verdict for the defendant railroad.

Plaintiff Jon T. James suffered the injuries when the car he was driving was struck by a Burlington Northern, Inc. freight train at a...

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