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JONES v. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY

Nos. 10590, 10591.

371 F.2d 545 (1966)

Leslie L. JONES, Appellee, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant. Leslie L. JONES, Appellant, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Aubrey R. Bowles, III, and Bowles & Boyd, Richmond, Va., on brief), for Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.

J. Westwood Smithers and Archie O. Wells, Richmond, Va. (Wells, Smithers & Bradshaw, Richmond, Va., on brief), for Leslie L. Jones.

Before SOBELOFF, BOREMAN and BRYAN, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

A brakeman in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway brought an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries, including the amputation of his left leg below the knee, suffered when he was struck by a boxcar in the railroad's Fulton Yard at Richmond, Virginia. The District Court, sitting without a jury, gave judgment for the plaintiff, Leslie L. Jones, in the amount of $97,660.00 on its...

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