GOUGE v. NORTHERN IND. COMMUTER TRANSP.

No. 46A03-9506-CV-183.

670 N.E.2d 363 (1996)

Chester K. GOUGE, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. NORTHERN INDIANA COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, Appellee-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

August 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Kapitan, Sachs & Hess, P.C., Hammond, Frank W. Petro, and F. Daniel Petro, Petro & Petro, Chicago, IL, for Appellant-Plaintiff.

Michael C. Harris and L. Charles Lukmann, III, Harris Welsh & Lukmann, Chesterton, for Appellee-Defendant.


OPINION

GARRARD, Judge

Chester Gouge contends that the jury verdict entered in his favor with regard to his complaint under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA)1 was inadequate because the jury was not instructed that assumption of risk was no defense, and the court excluded evidence of subsequent remedial measures. Gouge further contends that he is entitled to certain...

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