Legal Opinion
Woodford v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided November 26, 1974No. 35464PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWD, Chief Judge.
Action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered for plaintiff as a result of a jury verdict for $160,000.
Plaintiff was injured in 1967 while working for defendant railroad. A lawsuit followed. The case was settled in October of 1968, and plaintiff returned to work for the railroad. This appeal deals with an alleged second injury in 1969. Both accidents involved disc injuries to the same area of the back.
The following facts were testified to at trial: In 1967, plaintiff sustained a back injury during the course of his employment as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cline v. Carthage Crushed Limestone CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- Morris v. Israel Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1974
- Black v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Harp v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Dean v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Susan E. Morrow, an Incompetent v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Susan E. Morrow, an Incompetent v. Douglas H. HuberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Dunn v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Coulter v. Michelin Tire Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Breece v. JettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Jarrell v. Fort Worth Steel & Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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