Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1990No. C-7286PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
RAY, Justice.
Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is granted. Our opinion and judgment of July 5, 1989, reported at 32 Tex.Sup.Ct.J. 526, are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted.
The issue presented involves the propriety of an explanatory jury instruction in a case brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1986) (“FELA”), and the Federal Boiler Inspection Act, 45 U.S.C. § 23 (1986). Haskell W. Mitchell sued the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (“M-K-T”) for damages based on injuries received during the course of his…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Otis Engineering Corp. v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1983
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