SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. McDANIEL

Civ. 422.

321 So.2d 664 (1975)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation v. Jerome McDANIEL.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal and John J. McMahon, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Rives, Peterson, Pettus, Conway & Burge, and W. Eugene Rutledge, Birmingham, for appellee.


WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

A jury awarded damages to plaintiff in an action brought in circuit court under the Federal Employers' Liability Act.

At the completion of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The motion was denied. Verdict was returned for plaintiff in the amount of $8,000.00. Defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. Defendant appeals. We reverse.

On September 7, 1972, plaintiff had been...

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