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MISSOURI PAC. R. CO. v. ALCORN

No. A2356.

598 S.W.2d 352 (1980)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Loy D. ALCORN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon A. Holloway, Sewell, Junell & Riggs, Houston, for appellant.

J. Donald Bowen, Helm, Pletcher, Hogan & Burrow, Houston, for appellee.

Before BROWN, C. J., and MILLER and SALAZAR, JJ.

MILLER, Justice.

This Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit resulted in a jury verdict and judgment for the appellee in this suit complaining of a hearing impairment which the jury found was the result of a prank perpetrated by his fellow employees. We affirm.

Appellee, Loy D. Alcorn, a conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Angleton Switcher" on February 1, 1976, was alighting from that train in a response to a hand motion of the engineer of...

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