HATFIELD v. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 24063.

396 F.2d 721 (1968)

William C. HATFIELD, Appellant, v. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. William C. HATFIELD, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Brown, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

Drayton T. Scott, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, SIMPSON, Circuit Judge, and SUTTLE, District Judge.


SUTTLE, District Judge:

This case presents the question of whether a jury verdict finding the appellee-cross-appellant (Seaboard) liable to the appellant-cross-appellee (Hatfield) for injuries sustained by Hatfield as a proximate result of Seaboard's negligence but assessing damages at $1.00 can stand in the face of uncontroverted evidence of substantial physical injury incurred in the automobile accident which gave rise to the law suit. Hatfield contends that the...

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