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AMERADA HESS v. NATIONAL R.R. PASS. CORP.

No. 98-1557.

746 So.2d 1095 (1999)

AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, George William Parker and CSX Transportation, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise H. McMurray and Robert M. Klein of Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Jose A. Gutierrez and Daniel J. Fleming of Melkus & Fleming, Tampa, for Appellees-National Railroad Passenger Corporation and CSX Transp., Inc.

Van Kirk McCombs, II of Burge & Wettermark, P.C., Jacksonville, for Appellee-George W. Parker.

KLEIN, J.

This is a non-final appeal from a jury verdict on liability, in a bifurcated trial arising out of a train-truck collision in Broward County in 1993. As a result of the collision appellant Hess' truck exploded, and the driver and five other persons were killed. In this case Hess sued the railroad for damages in connection with the environmental cleanup and claims paid to third parties, and the railroad counterclaimed against Hess for the damages the railroad...

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