SALVAIL v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 11789.

473 P.2d 549 (1970)

Everett SALVAIL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.D. Carmichael, Butte, Gough, Booth, Shanahan & Johnson, Helena, for appellant.

Burgess, Joyce, Prothero & Whelan, Butte, for respondent.


HASWELL, Justice.

This is a personal injury action by a railroad employee against the railroad for damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. A jury in the district court of Silver Bow County, the Hon. James D. Freebourn, district judge presiding, returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff employee for $125,000 and judgment was entered thereon. From this final judgment, defendant railroad appeals.

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