KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. CHAFFIN

No. 9062.

658 S.W.2d 186 (1983)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Benny K. CHAFFIN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.B. Wheeler, William C. Gooding, Wheeler, Gooding & Dodson, Texarkana, for appellant.

Franklin Jones, Jr., Jones, Jones & Baldwin, Marshall, Harold Nix, Daingerfield, for appellee.


HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Benny K. Chaffin (Chaffin), here appellee, sued his employer, Kansas City Southern Railway Company (K.C. So. Ry.), here the appellant, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. (1972) for damages for injuries allegedly sustained in his employment by K.C. So. Ry. Prior to trial, K.C. So. Ry. admitted liability leaving the amount of damages, if any, as the sole issue for determination. This issue was heard by and...

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