DUMMIT v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 56139.

789 S.W.2d 136 (1990)

Eric Dwight DUMMIT, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant/Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 11, 1990.

Application to Transfer Denied June 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Brown, Wendy L. Wiedemann, John F. Medler, Jr., Coburn, Croft & Putzell, St. Louis, for defendant/appellant.

C. Marshall Friedman, Kenneth E. Rudd, C. Marshall Friedman, P.C., St. Louis, for plaintiff/respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied May 11, 1990.

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury verdict and resultant judgment of $700,000 in favor of plaintiff in this Federal Employers' Liability Act case. We affirm.

The defendant confessed liability and the case was tried solely on the issue of damages. Plaintiff sustained severe injury to his ankles, legs and back when he jumped off a trestle at his work location to avoid...

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