Anthony Pearson, Sr., et al v. CSX Transportation

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Opinion issued by court as to Appellants Anthony Pearson, Sr. and Olivia Pearson. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam.

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Case: 12-16507 Date Filed: 07/11/2013 Page: 1 of 2 [ DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-16507 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 5:11-cv-00100-LGW-JEG ANTHONY PEARSON, SR., OLIVIA PEARSON, As parents of Anthony Pearson, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus CSX TRANSPORTATION CO., Defendant -Appellee. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia ________________________ (July 11, 2013) Before MARTIN, HILL, and FAY, Circuit Judges. Case: 12-16507 Date Filed: 07/11/2013 Page: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: This is an appeal from the grant of defendant-appellee=s, CSX Transportation Co. (CSXT), motion for summary judgment against plaintiffsappellants, Anthony Pearson, Sr. and Olivia Pearson, on their wrongful death claim for the death of their son, Anthony Pearson, Jr., at a railroad crossing. We have independently reviewed the record in this appeal, the briefs, and the arguments of counsel. In a thorough, well-reasoned decision, we find that the district court properly granted summary judgment to CSXT on the Pearsons’s claims on the basis of the overwhelming evidence. There is no evidentiary support that CSXT was negligent in any way, as the district court so found. The district court also correctly determined that the sole proximate cause of the Pearsons’s son=s tragic death was his own reckless conduct. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the district court. AFFIRMED. 2

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