SILVESTRI v. NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 13010.

274 F.2d 666 (1960)

Lina SILVESTRI, Administratrix of the Estate of Dominico Silvestri, Deceased, v. NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl F. Reed, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, on the brief), for appellant.

John A. DeMay, Pittsburgh, Pa. (McArdle, Harrington & McLaughlin, Gene K. Lynch, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in a case brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. The judgment followed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a jury trial. The defendant attacks both the jury's finding upon the existence of negligence and the causal connection between any possible negligence and the death of the plaintiff's decedent. As usual,...

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