FREEMAN v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 78-1376.

596 F.2d 1205 (1979)

Ivian M. FREEMAN, Appellee, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Prince, Norfolk, Va. (Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Greer, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Raymond H. Strople, Portsmouth, Va. (Bernard Miller, Moody, McMurran & Miller, Ltd., Portsmouth, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Norfolk & Western Railway Company [the Employer] appeals after unsuccessfully defending an action brought in district court by Ivian M. Freeman under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. [FELA]. The Employer does not appeal the sufficiency of the evidence upon which the jury found liability and awarded $26,190.80 in damages; rather, it appeals the district court's refusal to direct a verdict or grant...

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