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UP loses law suit for 11.7 against them because they "couldn't stop"
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So far, I haven't seen anything to indicate that any one of us on this topic actually sat through the entire trial. The jury, however, did, and reached their determination. Quite frankly, that's good enough for me. <br /> <br />So, what exactly was it that the jury found? Somehow, I rather seriously doubt that it was that UP is liable because the "train couldn't stop in time." That's too simplistic. That might be how the local media was playing it, but with nearly seventeen years under my belt around the old courthouse, I can tell you that the local media (newspaper/radio/television) almost never gets it right, especially if there's an iota of subtlety -- in other words, "if it bleeds, it leads," but never mind actually informing the public about what the case is actually about. At least when they are around the courthouse, most of your local media types don't know their backsides from third base. <br /> <br />Now perhaps some Colorado lawyer can help fill in here, but at least out here in Spudville you can't even assert a claim for punitive damages until you are granted permission to do so by the court, and the bar is set pretty high as to what kind of showing you have to make in order to bring such a claim to the jury. If such is the case in Colorado, then I join with Gabe in smelling a rat here; but that rat might be yellow. <br /> <br />So, without having heard all of the evidence myself, I'm not about to second-guess that jury. And even if Uncle Pete got shafted on this one, I'll still take the Sixth and Seventh Amendments any day of the week <br /> <br />TrummyandElla
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