Legal Opinion
Henry L. Beanland v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1973No. 72-1446PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (Rock Island) brought this appeal from a judgment obtained by Henry L. Beanland (Beanland) in an F. E.L.A. action. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $275,000.00, and the district court denied a motion for a new trial, 345 F.Supp. 220. We reverse with directions to hold a new trial.
Beanland, an engineer for Rock Island, was injured on March 25, 1970, in an accident involving his train No. 74 (74) and extra train 1339 (1339), on a siding at Union, Missouri. Both trains were eastbound with 1339 preceding 74. At…
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