Legal Opinion
Eversole v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1990No. 73A01-8903-CV-109PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
BAKER, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Kenneth M. Eversole (Eversole), appeals the alleged insufficiency of a damage award entered in his favor on a claim against his employer, defendant appellee, Consolidated Rail Corporation, a/k/a Conrail (Conrail).
We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
On September 28, 1985, Eversole was injured while performing his duties as a railroad car inspector with Conrail. While attempting to connect an air brake hose between two cars, Eversole stepped into the gauge (the space between the two rails of each track). As he did so, he stepped on a discarded…
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