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WASHINGTON v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE

No. 11897.

834 P.2d 433 (1992)

114 N.M.App. 56

W.T. WASHINGTON, a/k/a Tony Washington, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Baca, Toulouse & Associates, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Douglas Foster, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

Plaintiff successfully sued defendant pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. Sections 51 to 60 (1989), for injuries sustained during the course of his employment with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. The jury found defendant to be eight percent at fault and plaintiff ninety-two percent at fault, and it awarded plaintiff $263,444.75 in damages in a general verdict

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