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CARLEW v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R.R. CO.

86-160.

514 So.2d 899 (1987)

Pauline J. CARLEW, as administratrix of the estate of Mervin Y. Carlew, deceased v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Ramsey and Charles J. Fleming of Ramsey, Flynn & Middlebrooks, Mobile, for appellant.

Broox G. Holmes, William H. Philpot, Jr., and Richard E. Jesmonth of Armsbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellee. Orrin K. Ames III of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, and William F. Kirsch, Jr. of Heiskel, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., for amicus curiae Cargill, Inc.

SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant Burlington Northern Railroad Company (hereinafter "Burlington") in an action brought under the Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. Plaintiff Pauline J. Carlew, as administratrix of the estate of Mervin Y. Carlew, alleged that her husband's death on September 11, 1984 was the result of a myocardial infarction...

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