MALDONADO v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RY. CO.

No. 85-2164.

798 F.2d 764 (1986)

Enrique MALDONADO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Person, Whitworth, Ramos, Borchers & Morales, Donato D. Ramos, Mark D. Willett, Laredo, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Arnulfo Gonzalez, Jr., Laredo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RANDALL and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARTZ, District Judge.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Missouri Pacific Railroad Company appeals from a judgment in favor of its employee, plaintiff Enrique Maldonado, who sued Missouri Pacific under the Federal Safety Appliance Act (FSAA), 45 U.S.C. § 2, for injuries he sustained in attempting to align a drawbar on one of defendant's railroad cars during a train car switching operation. Missouri Pacific asserts several errors, including the claim that the district court erred by...

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