GRIFFITH v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO R. CO.

No. 38255.

559 S.W.2d 278 (1977)

James T. GRIFFITH, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied December 16, 1977.

Application to Transfer Denied January 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Morris, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Friedman, Weitzman & Friedman, C. Marshall Friedman, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


GUNN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-respondent was injured while working as an employee for defendant-appellant, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. Plaintiff sued defendant under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, and received a $150,000 jury verdict. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred: (1) in giving plaintiff's verdict directing instruction; (2) in refusing defendant's converse instruction; (3) in refusing to admit...

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