MONONGAHELA RAILWAY COMPANY v. BLACK

No. 7217.

235 F.2d 406 (1956)

MONONGAHELA RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Robert H. BLACK, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell B. Goodwin and Charles P. Mead, Wheeling, W. Va., for appellant.

Albert D. Brandon, Pittsburgh, Pa. (John B. Garden, Wheeling, W. Va., and Thomas Park Shearer, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge, and TIMMERMAN, District Judge.


TIMMERMAN, District Judge.

On this appeal, "It is contended by the Monongahela Railway Company that the Safety Appliance Acts should not have been applied to the case and that the verdict of the Jury was so excessive as to shock the conscience and create the impression that the jury misinterpreted the facts or the law." (pp. 3 and 4 of Appellant's brief.)

The plaintiff recovered a verdict below in the amount of $21,400, on account of personal injuries received...

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