Geiser v. Burlington Northern Railroad

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Respondent, a switchman/brakeman employed by appellant, injured his back while working in the company’s West Quincy, Missouri railroad yards on May 16, 1980. He brought suit under the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 11. Following a jury verdict in respondent’s favor and a judgment for $470,000, appellant brought this appeal.

Appellant claims that the trial court erred in: submitting the case under the Safety Appliance Act; overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance or to strike respondent’s pleadings; allowing an amendment to respondent’s prayer for…