SEABOARD C. L. R. CO. v. TOWNS

60009.

156 Ga. App. 24 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 74

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD v. TOWNS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Young, III, Jerome M. Rothschild, for appellant.

Billy E. Moore, H. Baxter Harcourt, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellant railroad brings this appeal from an adverse jury verdict in the amount of $220,000 awarded to appellee under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 USCA § 51 et seq. Appellant contends that certain remarks made by appellee's counsel in his closing argument to the jury were improper and that the trial court failed to take adequate corrective action. Appellant also contends that the verdict was excessive and that the trial court improperly...

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