PIPER v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 60657.

847 S.W.2d 907 (1993)

Harold W. PIPER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Jayne, Edward Cohen, James W. Erwin, T. Evan Schaeffer, Thompson & Mitchell, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Mark T. McCloskey, Gail Renshaw, The Lakin Law Firm, P.C., Wood River, IL, for plaintiff-respondent.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from jury verdict and resultant judgment of $75,000 against it and in favor of plaintiff in this FELA case. The injury claimed by plaintiff was loss of hearing. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff was employed by the defendant railroad as an engineer in 1971. In 1975 while being treated by a Dr. Gay for recurrent ear infections plaintiff's hearing was tested and a hearing loss was found. He

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