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183126P.pdf 05/01/2020 Joseph Hall v. BNSF Railway Company
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-3126
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Kobes, Author, with Shepherd and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Federal Employers' Liability Act. The district court did not
abuse its discretion by refusing to give a specific instruction based on
Eighth Circuit Manual of Model Instruction 15.70's optional list of
damages where it concluded that plaintiff's evidence was not sufficient to
support a claim of future damages; giving the generic instruction did not
impact plaintiff's substantial rights, and the instruction given permitted
the jury to consider the full range of alleged damages, including future
damages.