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MORGAN v. MONESSEN SOUTHWESTERN RY.

513 Pa. 86 (1986)

518 A.2d 1171

Gerald L. MORGAN, Appellee, v. MONESSEN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Manion, James G. McLean, Manion, Alder & Cohen, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John J. Repcheck, Pittsburgh, amici curiae B & O Consolidated Ry.

Ralph G. Wellington, Philadelphia, for Ass'n of American Railroads and Nat. Assoc. of R.R. Trial Counsel.

Thomas Hollander, Evans, Ivory & Evans, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issues raised in this appeal are: (1) whether in an action for personal injuries under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51, et seq., the "total offset method," established as the law in this jurisdiction by Kaczkowski v. Bolubasz, 491 Pa. 561, 421 A.2d 1027 (1980), may...

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