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FORD v. EL DORADO & WESSON R.R.

No. 87-1560.

848 F.2d 911 (1988)

Arthur FORD, Appellant, v. EL DORADO & WESSON R.R., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip McMath, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Robert Compton, El Dorado, Ark., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

In this case Arthur Ford (Ford) appeals from an order of the district court1 denying him a new trial. We affirm the order of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND.

Ford, an employee of the El Dorado & Wesson Railroad (Railroad), was fifty-three years old at the time of this suit and had been with the Railroad for ten years. In December of 1984 he picked up a keg of railroad spikes and injured his...

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