AKERS v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 13242.

417 F.2d 632 (1969)

Hewett AKERS, Appellee, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

October 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slaven, Staker & Smith, Williamson, W.Va., on the brief for appellant.

William H. DeParcq, Jerome T. Anderson, O. C. Adamson, II, Minneapolis, Minn., and Frank Eaton, Huntington, W.Va., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a suit for personal injuries brought by a railroad employee under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, in which he recovered a judgment. Examination of the record and the briefs discloses that the railroad's appeal is utterly without merit.

The appellant's only assertion of error is the reference in the charge given by the District Judge to the jury, to a possible preexisting injury to the plaintiff before the occurrence of the injury...

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