Mills v. Kansas City Southern Railway
Mills v. Kansas City Southern Railway
Opinion of the Court
In this consolidated action arising out of a fatal vehicle-train collision, Catherine Rene Mills Wilkerson was killed when her vehicle was struck by a train. Plaintiffs in this action are decedent’s parents, Albert Kyle Mills, Jr. and Carolyn Virginia Mills, who sued for their own damages and on behalf of decedent’s two other children, Kenneth Peter Jacobs, Jr. and Sara Elizabeth Jacobs (plaintiffs’ grandchildren of whom plaintiffs have legal custody). For the reasons set out in No. 33,922-CA, the judgment of the trial court is reversed insofar as it found that actions of the railroad and the railroad’s employees were proximate causes of the accident. We find that the legal cause of this tragic accident was the driver’s inattention. The judgment is AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Albert Kyle MILLS, Jr. and Carolyn Virginia Mills, Individually & as Legal Custodians of Kenneth Peter Jacobs, Jr. and Sara Elizabeth Jacobs v. The KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY and C.D. Lewis
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- Published