Legal Opinion
Butynski v. Springfield Terminal Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 2010No. 09-1164PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a personal injury action brought pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. The jury found the defendant negligent but reduced the award of damages substantially based on a finding of contributory negligence. The plaintiff appeals, posing claims of both instructional error and evidentiary insufficiency. In the end, however, all roads lead to Rome, and a single exegesis suffices to show that the record contains evidence adequate to permit jury consideration of the disputed issue (thus defeating the claim of instructional error) and…
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