Legal Opinion
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation v. Porter Barrett
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1957No. 15348_1PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the District Court under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 1 for head injuries suffered on March 11, 1955, while working as a waiter aboard one of appellant’s trains. The distinctive manifestation of plaintiff’s alleged injury was a jerking or twisting of the head, medically described as a “spasmodic torticollis.” This occurred with varying frequency, usually every few seconds. It apparently was pronounced enough during the trial to impress the jury, for it awarded him $12,500. Plaintiff had lost no time from work…
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