Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Ollie Mae Adams

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Ollie Mae Adams was a passenger on a Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company train 1 eastbound from New Orleans, Louisiana. She was injured when the car in which she was riding and several other cars of the train derailed near Crestview, Florida.

Her complaint in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, was removed to the federal district court on the ground of diversity of citizenship. Trial resulted in a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $3,-000. Appealing, the defendant urges that the district court erred in denying its motion for…