Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 27, 1973.
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, R. P. Dugas, was working for Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) as a car cleaner when a boxcar door fell, shattering his left hip, fracturing his right pelvis, and causing the loss of several pints of blood. He brought suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C., § 51. The jury awarded damages in the sum of $200,000. The railroad appeals...
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