ROSS v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 77684.

906 S.W.2d 711 (1995)

Willie C. ROSS, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Gaus Renshaw, Wood River, Illinois, for appellant.

James W. Erwin, Dan H. Ball, and Edward A. Cohen, St. Louis, for respondent.


COVINGTON, Judge.

Appellant Willie C. Ross brought an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1986). The trial court dismissed the action on the ground that the applicable statute of limitations, 45 U.S.C. § 56, barred the claim. Ross appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to dismiss because the limitation period should have been equitably tolled during the pendency of a prior...

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