Pena v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Ignacio Pena, filed this action pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. See. 51, seeking to recover damages for alleged injuries sustained in the course of his employment. The trial Court granted Defendant/Appellee’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Appellant suffered injuries in the course of his employment, in December, 1974, while he was lifting heavy concrete blocks. He suffered a hernia which was surgically repaired; thereafter, in return for a gross sum settlement of $3,676.94, on March 27, 1975, he executed a…