Bair v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

BLACKMAR, Judge.

Respondent James Bair brought suit for damages in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act against appellant St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco). Bair claimed that he had sustained injuries while working as a journeyman carman for Frisco. The jury returned a verdict in Bair’s favor for $313,500, and judgment was entered on the verdict. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, affirmed. We transferred the case, primarily to resolve the question of retroactivity of a decision of the Supreme Court of the…