BNSF Railway Company v. Ronald Nichols

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-10-00375-CV BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY APPELLANT V. RONALD NICHOLS APPELLEE ---------- FROM THE 17TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY ---------- OPINION ---------- This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Ronald Nichols in his Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) suit against BNSF Railway Company.1 In three issues, BNSF contends that there is no evidence that Nichols’s degenerative disc disease was caused by getting on and off moving railcars, that 1 During the period relevant to this suit, Nichols worked for the Atchison,…