COX v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 37,081.

250 Minn. 187 (1957)

84 N.W. (2d) 263

DONALD COX v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan, Stringer, Donnelly & Sharood, for appellant.

Dygert & Riordan and John P. Whitesell, for respondent.


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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