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143752P.pdf   03/08/2016  Scott Haukereid  v.  National Railroad Passenger Co
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3752
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - Diversity. In negligence action against Amtrak, the 
   circumstantial evidence supports inference that Haukereid accidentally 
   fell out of the right side exit door on the train and the record does not 
   support that Amtrak proximately caused his death. There is no evidence 
   showing who may have opened the exit door, and failure to install door 
   status indicators or to instruct its crew on hazards of confused 
   passengers was not the proximate cause of his death. Jury may not indulge 
   in multiple presumptions to establish facts to support Haukereid. District 
   court did not err in granting summary judgment to Amtrak. The district 
   court did not abuse its discretion by denying discovery requests. Judge 
   Kelly dissents.