Legal Opinion
Blair H. Raycraft v. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1973No. 72-1049PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN PELT,
Senior District Judge.
This is an action for personal injury brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plaintiff, Raycraft, alleged that he was riding in the caboose of a train as a conductor and that as a result of the sudden stop of the train he was thrown to the floor and injured when another employee fell on his back. At the trial the defendant railroad (DM & I) admitted its negligence in the emergency stop. The factual issues were, therefore, the physical cause of plaintiff’s back difficulties and the amount of damages. The case was submitted to a jury which returned a…
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