ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. SONENSHINE

Nos. 7084, 7092.

226 F.2d 220 (1955)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Philip SONENSHINE and Marilyn Sonenshine, Appellees. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Philip SONENSHINE and Marilyn Sonenshine, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert McC. Figg, Jr., Charleston, S. C. (A. L. Hardee, Florence, S. C., James E. Leppard, Chesterfield, S. C., Douglas McKay, Columbia, S. C., and M. V. Barnhill, Jr., Wilmington, N. C., on motion), for appellant and petitioner.

James P. Mozingo, III, Darlington, S. C., Henry H. Edens, Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C., John L. Nettles, Archie L. Chandler and B. R. Greer, Darlington, S. C., on the brief for appellees and respondents.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in an action to recover damages on account of personal injuries. A trial was had in the court below in which the jury returned verdicts for $145,000 damages. The trial judge denied a motion by defendant for judgment non obstante veredicto and granted a motion by plaintiffs to set aside the verdicts on the ground of inadequacy and grant a new trial. From this order the defendant has brought an appeal, which plaintiffs move to dismiss on...

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