Legal Opinion
Piper v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 19, 1993No. 60657PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Defendant appeals from jury verdict and resultant judgment of $75,000 against it and in favor of plaintiff in this FELA case. The injury claimed by plaintiff was loss of hearing. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff was employed by the defendant railroad as an engineer in 1971. In 1975 while being treated by a Dr. Gay for recurrent ear infections plaintiff’s hearing was tested and a hearing loss was found. He *909filed suit in August, 1988.1 In his petition plaintiff alleged that he had been exposed, during his employment, to variable loud and excessive noise due to the negligence of the…
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