MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. SIMS

No. 3855.

350 S.W.2d 405 (1961)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Garland W. SIMS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Reformed and affirmed October 5, 1961.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arterbury, Hoover & Graham, Houston, for appellant.

Raymond L. McDermott, Albert P. Jones, Houston, for appellee.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a FELA case in which plaintiff sought recovery for alleged personal injuries sustained while working in defendant railroad's shops, in Settegast Yards, Houston, Texas, from October 1954 to January 1957. Plaintiff was a pipefitter who worked on engines in the roundhouse. He alleged that he suffered injuries as a result of exposure to noxious fumes and gases given off by the various engines and locomotives in such shops.

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