Legal Opinion
Lawrence Mickey v. BNSF Railway Company and Safeco Insurance Company of America
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 8, 2014No. SC93591PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.
Lawrence Mickey prevailed in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and received a general verdict of $345,000. The trial court entered judgment in the amount of the verdict plus interest and costs for a total of $348,731. After the judgment was affirmed on appeal, BNSF tendered $368,480.67, which was $12,820.80 less than what BNSF then owed on the judgment plus costs and accumulated interest. It did so because it sua sponte had determined that, under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA), 26 U.S.C.…
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