Federal Employers' Liability Act-recovery for work-related injuries-fear-of-cancer damages-jury instruction.
CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3974 (U.S. June 1, 2009). The ruling in Ayers not only provides for fear-of-cancer damages in some FELA cases, but also for an instruction to the jury on the necessity of finding that the plaintiff's fear was genuine and serious.
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