In an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, Frederick Young sought damages of $504,476 for injuries he claimed to have sustained as a result of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company's alleged negligence on July 17, 1961. A jury awarded him $5,000 and he has appealed from the ensuing judgment. He contends that the trial court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial and thereby forced him...
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