SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO. v. ALLEN

No. 1082.

525 S.W.2d 300 (1975)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellee, v. Charles L. ALLEN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Miller, Diana E. Marshall, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellant.

Donn C. Fullenweider, Robert B. Wallis, Haynes & Fullenweider, Houston, for appellee.


CURTISS BROWN, Justice.

This is an F.E.L.A. case.

Charles L. Allen (Allen or appellee) brought suit for injuries suffered in the course of his employment with Southern Pacific Transportation Company (Southern Pacific or appellant). The case is governed by the Federal Employers' Liability Act. 45 U.S.C. § 51 Et seq. (1972). Allen pled six specific acts or omissions, which he alleged to be negligence and a proximate cause of the incident. He also...

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