CHAVEZ v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

No. 8067.

423 P.2d 34 (1967)

77 N.M. 346

Pedro M. CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.G. Johnson, J.T. Paulantis and E.D. Lanphere, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Lorenzo A. Chavez, Melvin L. Robins, Albuquerque, for appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals.

Defendant appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a suit brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Four issues are raised: (1) sufficiency of the evidence as to negligence, (2) excessive verdict, (3) correctness of a damage instruction and (4) conduct of counsel in argument to the jury.

Plaintiff, with two other workmen, was unloading barrels from a truck into a railroad car called a reefer. Each barrel...

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