ANDERSON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 48301.

700 S.W.2d 469 (1985)

Harold E. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 28, 1985.

Application to Transfer Denied December 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Marshall Friedman, Newton G. McCoy, Kenneth E. Rudd, C. Marshall Friedman, P.C., St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

Edward W. Mullen, Derek E. Wood, Deacy & Deacy, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.


SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Burlington Northern Railroad Company (railroad) appeals from a judgment in favor of Harold E. Anderson pursuant to a jury verdict of $800,000.00 in a personal injury action filed against the railroad pursuant to § 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq., the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Anderson sought damages for injuries incurred when a steel shaving got into his eye as he was reaming bolt holes on a hopper car assembly line. We affirm...

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