Perry v. Seaboard Coast Line RR Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant in a personal injury action. We affirm.

On December 2, 1980, Bernard Perry, while working on a "rail gang" for the defendant, was injured when he was struck in the chest by the handle of a piece of equipment that extended out over the bed of a flatcar. Perry went to the emergency room at a nearby hospital, where he received a prescription for pain medication and his arm was placed in a sling.

On August 7, 1981, Perry visited E.O. Marsigli, M.D., complaining of pain in his left knee. A few days later, Dr.…