MEYERS v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 83-2586.

738 F.2d 328 (1984)

Gerald MEYERS, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Higgins, Higgins & Okun, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Gayla L. Fletcher, Union Pacific R. Co., Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, BENNETT and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


BENNETT, Circuit Judge.

Gerald Meyers, plaintiff, appeals from a judgment entered September 19, 1983, on a general jury verdict in the District Court for the District of Nebraska.1 Mr. Meyers had claimed $300,000 in permanent damages for a back injury alleged to have been sustained in a fall on property of the Union Pacific Railroad Company during the course of his employment with that company. The action was brought under the Federal...

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