York v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

ORDER

This is an action for money damages for personal injuries pursuant to FELA, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MoPac). We affirm.

York claims severe injuries as a result of negligence on the part of MoPac. MoPac was able to show by its evidence York was fabricating, or greatly magnifying, his injuries. For Point I, York asserts the trial court erred in refusing to give his tendered instructions A and B since these instructions defined the causation standard under the FELA and involved a substantive matter, and without the…