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E'TEIF v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 98-CA-2503.

733 So.2d 155 (1999)

Kwame O. E'TEIF v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION d/b/a Amtrak.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell Gauthier, James R. Dugan, II, Glen Woods, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, Louisiana, and Art Sadin, Bristol Baxley, Youngdahl & Sardin, Friendswood, Texas, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellee.

David S. Kelly, Robert S. Emmett, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Judge MOON LANDRIEU, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge JAMES A. GRAY II.

McKAY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court's finding of liability and awarding of damages in a FELA action. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 12, 1995, plaintiff/appellee, Kwame E'Teif, was working as a food specialist on an Amtrak train traveling from Miami to New Orleans. Mr. E'Teif was injured when he slipped on a wet floor and fell halfway down a flight of steel stairs. During the fall, Mr. E'Teif injured his upper and...

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