William Z. Faulkenberry, Cross v. Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co., Cross

This is an appeal from the district court’s judgment for the plaintiff-railroad engineer, who allegedly suffered a heart attack as a result of a train derailment in the defendant’s Baton Rouge yard. The action was brought under the provisions of the FELA, 45 U.S.C. § 51. Both parties appealed and after careful consideration of the record, briefs and oral argument of counsel, we affirm the judgment of the district court in all respects.

The defendant-railroad urges on appeal that there was insufficient proof of negligent track maintenance on its part and that the court’s instruction to the jury…