Legal Opinion
Enrique Maldonado v. Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1986No. 85-2164PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Missouri Pacific Railroad Company appeals from a judgment in favor of its employee, plaintiff Enrique Maldonado, who sued Missouri Pacific under the Federal Safety Appliance Act (FSAA), 45 U.S.C. § 2, for injuries he sustained in attempting to align a drawbar on one of defendant’s railroad cars during a train car switching operation. Missouri Pacific asserts several errors, including the claim that the district court erred by instructing the jury that it is a violation of the FSAA “for the railroad to operate a car which has a draw bar sufficiently out of line…
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