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LOFTIN v. WILSON

67 So.2d 185 (1953)

LOFTIN et al. v. WILSON. MILLS et al. v. WILSON.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loftin, Anderson, Scott, McCarthy & Preston, Miami, Russell L. Frink, Jacksonville, Robert H. Anderson and William C. Steel, Miami, for Scott M. Loftin and John W. Martin, as trustees of property of Florida East Coast Ry. Co.

Walton, Hubbard, Schroeder, Lantaff & Atkins and Dixon, DeJarnette & Bradford, Miami, for H.L. Mills and Kathryn Mills, individually and as copartners comprising copartnership trading and doing business as H.L. Mills Const. Co.

Nichols, Gaither & Green, Perry Nichols and William Clinton Green, Miami, for appellee.

WHITE, Associate Justice.

These appeals bring for review a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury for $300,000 against two of three defendants in an action for personal injuries. We are called upon to decide whether or not the verdict is excessive.

Plaintiff in the court below, appellee here, one Wilson, sustained serious bodily injuries as a result of a "crossing accident". At the time he was a "trainman" employed on a work train of Florida East Coast...

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