EMMONS v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO.

No. 80-4012.

701 F.2d 1112 (1983)

Danny P. EMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gothard J. Reck, Warren A. Goldstein, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Warren M. Schultz, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing appellant's cause of action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., because it was barred by that act's three-year statute of limitations, 45 U.S.C. § 56. The primary question is whether appellant knew that his injury was work related more than three years before he filed suit against appellee. We hold that there is sufficient evidence to support...

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