ADAMS v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. Q-467.

277 So.2d 578 (1973)

Alvin ADAMS, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Schwartz of Horton, Schwartz & Perse, and Beckham & McAliley, Miami, for appellant.

J. Edwin Gay of Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, Jacksonville, for appellee.


POWELL, J., Associate Judge.

Appellant, as plaintiff below, brought and tried this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, defendant moved for a directed verdict and the trial judge reversed ruling permitting the cause to go to the jury. The jury found for the plaintiff. Subsequent thereto, the appellee, who was defendant below, moved for the entry of a judgment in accordance with its motion for directed verdict...

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