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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. STOKES

No. 06-99-00085-CV.

20 S.W.3d 45 (2000)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Everett STOKES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided March 2, 2000.

Rehearing Overruled April 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel V. Flatten, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Houston, Gregory D. Smith, Mike A. Hatchell, Ramey & Flock, P.C., Tyler, for appellant.

Art Sadin, Bristol Baxley, Youngdahl, Sadin & Morgan, LLP, Friendswood, Gilbert T. Adams, III, Beaumont, C. L. Ray, Austin, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice ROSS.

Kansas City Southern Railway Company appeals from a judgment finding the Railway negligent under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) and awarding $1 million in damages to Everett Stokes. A jury returned this verdict, and the court rendered judgment in accordance with its findings. On appeal, the Railway contends (1) that the trial court erred in overruling the Railway's objections to superfluous instructions on the...

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