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- Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Lula Cooper Et Al.
- Author : Houston the Fourteenth Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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This is a wrongful death action arising from a collision between the Cooper passenger car and a Missouri Pacific freight train. Wilfred Cooper and his wife, Evina, died as a result of the accident and Sheronell, their daughter, was injured. The plaintiffs are the parents of the two decedents and the legal representatives of the two minor children. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the minor children on a jury verdict in the amount of $71,000, and the court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment. 547 S.W.2d 723. Missouri Pacific urges by this appeal that there is no evidence to support the jury finding that the crossing was extra hazardous, and that the trial court erred in admitting testimony of prior accidents and also evidence that the crossing had a local reputation for being extra hazardous. We reverse the judgments of the courts below because of the improper evidence admitted upon the trial and render judgment that plaintiffs take nothing.