Plaintiff moves for amendment of his complaint to allow him to plead a claim for punitive damages. Defendant opposes this motion on the grounds that the Federal Employers' Liability Act (US Code, tit 45, § 51 et seq. [F.E.L.A.]) upon which plaintiff's cause of action is based does not permit a claim for punitive damages. Both parties agree that the act itself neither expressly provides for this relief nor expressly prohibits...
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