DREXLER v. SEABOARD SYSTEM R.R., INC.

86-1645.

530 So.2d 754 (1988)

John A. DREXLER v. SEABOARD SYSTEM RAILROAD, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Wettermark and Claire E. Burge, Birmingham, for appellant.

W.W. Conwell of Johnston, Conwell & Hughes, Birmingham, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

The primary issue in this Federal Employers Liability Act case relates to the jury's determination of future lost earnings where the employee alleges permanent job-related injuries:1 Whether the trial court erred in admitting opinion evidence concerning present value of future wages where the data base for the opinion (interest rates and inflation rates) was not within the personal knowledge of the expert witness. Because...

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