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SEABOARD SYSTEM R. CO. v. RUSSELL

89-1711.

582 So.2d 1092 (1991)

SEABOARD SYSTEM RAILROAD COMPANY v. Cliff RUSSELL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaile Pugh Gratton and Henry E. Simpson of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellant.

F. Tucker Burge of Burge & Wettermark, Birmingham, for appellee.

KENNEDY, Justice.

Cliff Russell filed an action against Seaboard System Railroad Company ("Seaboard") pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., seeking damages for an injury to his right big toe. The jury returned a verdict for Russell in the amount of $25,000. Seaboard filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, a new trial. In that motion Seaboard alleged that the amount of the verdict was excessive...

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