EDWARDS v. SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO.

78-872.

384 So.2d 96 (1980)

Joe Dixon EDWARDS v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a corp.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Stevens, Jr. and W. Eugene Rutledge, Birmingham, for appellant.

L. Vastine Stabler, Jr. and Michael C. Quillen, of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for appellee.


BEATTY, Justice.

Plaintiff filed suit against his employer, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, to recover for injuries he allegedly sustained while attempting to throw a switch in defendant's railroad yard. After a trial on the merits, the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand.

The issue for our determination is whether plaintiff should have been granted a mistrial on the ground that the trial judge...

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