Opinion ID: 506630
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Admission of Videotape.

Text: 18 Finally, Naylor argues that the district court erred in admitting a videotape which showed axles, allegedly similar to those Naylor worked on, being handled. Naylor asserts that the axles in the videotape were configured so as to be more easily rolled, and the man rolling the axles in the videotape was larger and younger than Naylor. 19 As the district court pointed out, however, it was patently obvious to a viewer of the videotape that the man depicted was larger than Naylor. Moreover, the fact that the axles on the videotape were more easily rolled could have been elicited on cross-examination. The district court has a large amount of discretion over the admissibility of evidence in FELA cases, see Meyers v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 738 F.2d 328, 332-33 (8th Cir.1984), and we conclude that admission of the videotape was not so prejudicial or misleading as to require a new trial. 20 Accordingly, the district court's order is in all respects affirmed.