FLORIDA EAST COAST RY. CO. v. WALKER

No. 82-691.

429 So.2d 1327 (1983)

FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Amos E. WALKER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah C. McKinnon, Jr., of Coble, McKinnon, Rothert, Barkin, Clayton, Vukelja & Godbee, P.A., Daytona Beach, and Luke G. Galant and Cynthia Nichols, of Dawson, Galant, Sulik, Nichols & Levy, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Joseph G. Will and James W. Smith, of Smith, Schoder & Rouse, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in a case filed under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A., § 51. It was alleged in the lawsuit that the employer failed to provide a reasonably safe workplace. The employer denied the plaintiff's allegations and after a full trial the jury found no liability on the part of the railroad.

In its order granting a new trial the court said:

ORDER GRANTING NEW TRIAL...

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