WATSON v. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

Citations

• 2024 OK 74

Syllabus

¶0 This is a wrongful death and personal injury action arising from the fatal collision between a pickup truck driven by Paul Watson and a train owned and operated by BNSF Railway Company. A jury found BNSF was not liable for the collision and the trial court denied Plaintiffs' motion for a new trial. On appeal, the Court of Civil Appeals, Division IV, found prejudicial error in the instructions given to the jury and remanded the case for a new trial. This Court previously granted certiorari. We find the error, if any, in the instructions was not so prejudicial as to mislead the jury to reach a result it otherwise would not have.