Anderson v. Southern Pacific Co.

VAN DYKE, J. *

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an adverse judgment entered upon a jury verdict for defendant in a personal injury action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. (45 U.S.C.A., § 51 et seq.) By his complaint plaintiff sought damages for a progressive disabling disease of the lungs and bronchi, known as pulmonary emphysema, claimed by plaintiff to be industrial in origin and the result of exposure to various deleterious dusts, fumes and vapors inhaled by him during his work as a painter in defendant’s railroad shops in Sacramento over a period of approximately 20 years.…