STEELE v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. CO.

No. 74-1366.

506 F.2d 315 (1974)

Beecher D. STEELE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith H. Tyler, Jr., Dinsmore, Shohl, Coates & Deupree, Frank C. Woodside, III, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

C. Richard Grieser, Tyler, Richards, Grieser & Schafer, James B. Blumenstiel, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company [L&N] has appealed from a judgment entered in the District Court upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee Steele, in the amount of $64,160, awarded in an action for damages for personal injuries brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51.

Steele was an experienced switchman employed by L&N since 1952. He had four years' previous...

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