ANDREWS v. METRO NORTH COMMUTER R. CO.

No. 1211, Docket 89-7097.

882 F.2d 705 (1989)

Frank ANDREWS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. METRO NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD CO., Penn Central Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation, National Railroad Passenger Corp., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G.M. Biro, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Eric Lukingbeal, Hartford, Conn. (Lucia B. Brooks, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Metro North Commuter Railroad Co., Penn Central Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation and National Railroad Passenger Corp. appeal from a $335,000 judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in a personal injury action tried before Judge Daly and a jury. The jury found damages in the amount of $670,000 but found the plaintiff, Frank Andrews, guilty of 50 percent contributory negligence. Although...

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