Underwood v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Rld. Co.

The opinion o£ the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.;

This was a personal injury action brought by the plaintiff, Joseph H. Underwood, an employee o£ the defendant railroad, pursuant to the Safety Appliance Act (45 U. S. C. A., § 1, et seq.). These acts are substantially, if not in form, amendments to the Federal Employees Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A., §§ 51-59), and are supplemental to the latter act. (Urie v. Thompson, 337 U. S. 163, 93 L. Ed. 1282, 69 S. Ct. 1018.)

Following a trial on the merits, the jury awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $34,000. The defendant’s post-trial…