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041432P.pdf 02/07/2005 Jose Villa v. Burlington Northern
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-1432
Southern District of Iowa
Civil Case - Federal Employers' Liability Act. Injured railway worker
who later suffered stroke was entitled to lost earnings and lost of earning
capacity after the date of the stroke unless effects of work-related injury
and subsequent condition were completely separable; it is a question of
fact for the jury. Trial court properly instructed jury. District court did
not err in admitting internal injury report form. [PUBLISHED]
[Wollman, Author, with Heaney and Fagg, Circuit Judges]