BROOKS v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. 9860-PR.

105 Ariz. 442 (1970)

466 P.2d 736

Milton BROOKS, a single man, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, a Delaware corporation and F.E. Wechten, Phoenix Traffic Manager of Southern Pacific Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

March 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finn, Meadow & Thrasher, by Stephen T. Meadow, Phoenix, for appellant.

Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, by Ralph J. Lester, Phoenix, for appellees.


UDALL, Justice:

This is a suit filed under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1964 ed.). In December, 1963 plaintiff, while employed by defendant railroad, slipped and fell from a train on which he was working. On June 9, 1967, three years and six months after the accident he filed an action in the Superior Court, Maricopa County for damages resulting from mental and physical injuries allegedly incurred in the fall.

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