Amended judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Plaintiff commenced this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries he allegedly sustained when he attempted to operate a defective hand-operated switch while working as a conductor/brakeman at defendant's Frontier Yard in Buffalo, New York. The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the sum of $4,031,926.
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