Plaintiff claimed $75,000 as damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell from a boxcar as a result of an inefficient hand brake thereon. A jury's verdict for $100,000 was reduced by voluntary remittitur to $75,000 and by compliance with the trial court's conditional order to $65,000. Defendant has appealed.
Plaintiff's action was under Section 11 of the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C...
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