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JOHNSON v. PALMER

Civ. A. No. 8871.

129 F.Supp. 202 (1953)

Margaret JOHNSON, as Administratrix of the goods, chattels and credits of Charles Johnson, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Howard S. PALMER, James Lee Loomis and Henry B. Sawyer, as Trustees of the property of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

November 5, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Fink, and Jacquin Frank, New York City, for plaintiff. William Rosenthal, New York City, of counsel.

Edward R. Brumley, New York City, for defendant. Robert Peet, New York City, of counsel.

GALSTON, District Judge.

This is the second trial of an action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688, to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff's intestate. On the first trial there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $20,000. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed, on the ground that the defendant's motion for a directed verdict should have been granted since the evidence did not justify a finding that the defendant...

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