HILL v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY

No. 375, Docket 25047.

257 F.2d 736 (1958)

Lorenzo Dow HILL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto M. Buerger, New York City (William F. McNulty, William J. O'Brien, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

William A. Blank, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and GALSTON, District Judge.


WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a railroad conductor employed by the defendant, brought suit pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.) for injuries sustained by him while in the course of his employment.

At the conclusion of the charge to the jury the judge submitted four special written interrogatories to them with a request that they render a special verdict. These questions, and the jury's...

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