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SNIPES v. CHICAGO, CENT. & PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 90-1337.

484 N.W.2d 162 (1992)

Herbert L. SNIPES, Appellee, v. CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, A Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Potter, Eric R. Miller and Jeffrey J. Bouslog of Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant.

Sheldon Gallner of Gallner & Gallner, Council Bluffs, and Richard F. Sharrard of Blunt & Schum, Edwardsville, Ill., for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

NEUMAN, Justice.

A jury awarded plaintiff Herbert Snipes $357,500 on his claim for a work-related injury under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. sections 51-60 (1989). Snipes' employer, defendant Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company (railroad), appeals the judgment on the following grounds: (1) the verdict is not supported by substantial evidence; (2) excessiveness of the verdict; and (3) the collateral source rule should not have been...

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