United States Eighth Circuit

In a tort case for injuries sustained by a railroad worker in a train collision, no error occurred in admitting a mechanical engineer's testimony characterizing the collision, as it was for the jury to decide if plaintiff's medical condition was caused by the accident or prior incidents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/30/2003
• Published 05/30/2003

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and AUTREY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kent J. Rubens, West Memphis, AR, argued, (Gene C. Napier, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Teresa Wineland, El Dorado, AR, argued, for appellees J&D Hauling, Inc. and David Leo Smith, Jr., William H. Sutton, Frederick S. Ursery and Robert S. Shafer, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee Union Pacific Railroad.