Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. O'Merry
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 5, 1987No. 01-85-00015-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAM BASS, Justice.
The appellee, James Marvin O’Merry, brought this F.E.L.A. action against appellant, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (“Santa Fe”), alleging that he sustained back injuries while working as a brakeman for Santa Fe. The case was tried to a jury, which awarded O’Merry a total sum of $606,000 as damages, but that award was reduced to $454,500 because of the jury’s finding that O’Merry was 25% negligent. The recovery was further reduced by a remittitur of $240.30, so the final judgment awarded O’Merry the sum of $454,259.70.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Francis v. Cogdell, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
- Hopkins County Hospital District v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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