John Dechico, Cross-Appellee v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad, Cross-Appellant

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff John DeChico appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ellen Bree Burns, J., entered after a jury trial, finding Metro-North Commuter Railroad liable for $40,000 in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. Appellant claims that the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury to take inflation into account when computing the present value of his lump-sum award for pain and suffering and in refusing to allow the jury to consider impairment of future earning…