ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. CO. v. McCARTNEY

No. 7879.

549 S.W.2d 228 (1977)

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO., Appellant, v. Charles McCARTNEY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Cornelius, Jr., Galveston, for appellant.

J. Donald Bowen, Houston, for appellee.


DIES, Chief Justice.

This is a Federal Employers Liability Act case wherein Charles McCartney as plaintiff below was awarded $450,000 by a jury in a suit against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, defendant below, and from which the latter perfects this appeal. The parties will be referred to as they were below, or by name. Santa Fe does not challenge the jury's findings of its negligence, but urges the award of $450,000 is excessive.

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