DELL, CHIEF JUSTICE.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when the door of a boxcar fell upon him. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $75,000. Defendant appeals from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
The accident occurred on April 8, 1954, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, when the plaintiff and a fellow employee, Floyd Ingebritson, were...
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