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DENNISTON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 83-1584.

726 F.2d 391 (1984)

Jay William DENNISTON, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., doing business as Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Dale Reid, Jr., Michael L. Weiner, Frances S.P. Li, DeParcq, Perl, Hunegs, Rudquist & Koenig, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., and John J. Higgins, Higgins, Okun & Bernstein, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Jay W. Denniston brought this action against the Burlington Northern Railroad Company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, to recover damages for injuries he suffered on two separate occasions while employed by Burlington. Denniston alleged that his injuries resulted from the railroad's negligent failure to furnish him a reasonably safe place at which to work. A jury returned special verdicts finding...

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