FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY v. PIERCE

No. 61-440.

142 So.2d 121 (1962)

FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. Mack PIERCE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bolles & Prunty and David C. Goodwin, Miami, for appellant.

Nichols, Gaither, Beckham, Colson & Spence, Miami, and Alan R. Schwartz, Miami Beach, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C.J., and CARROLL and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this case under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., a verdict for the defendant was followed by an order granting a new trial, from which the defendant has appealed.1

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