Drury v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

SIMON, Judge.

Niles Drury, employee, appeals from a judgment in favor of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, his employer, in his Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, and his Safety Appliances and Equipment Act (Safety Act), 45 U.S.C. §§ 1-46, claims.

In his eleven points on appeal, employee contends the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion for directed verdict on his Safety Act claim because the uncontradicted and unrebutted evidence indicated that his injury was due, at least in part, to a failure of two railroad cars to couple automatically upon impact; (2)…