MOORE v. DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO.

No. 8284.

4 Utah 2d 255 (1956)

292 P.2d 849

ALFRED ROGER MOORE, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Clifford L. Ashton, and Grant Macfarlane, Jr., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Rawlings, Wallace, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Respondent was awarded judgment upon a verdict in the net amount of $17,500 in a suit brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.

In his complaint, respondent prayed damages for injuries to his back and nervous system, including a "ruptured intervertebral disc in the lower lumbar region of his spine." To prove this injury, he introduced the testimony of a doctor who examined...

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