St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson

In this case, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act case that its award to the plaintiff should reflect the present value of any future losses the plaintiff should sustain. Because such an instruction is required as a matter of federal law, we reverse.

*410On December 11, 1978, respondent, a railroad policeman, was permanently disabled in a fall from a railroad car that he was inspecting for evidence of vandalism. Alleging that the fall was the result of petitioner’s negligence, he brought suit under the Federal…