Aly v. Terminal Railroad Assn.

This case, coming to the writer on reassignment, is an appeal from a judgment in favor of respondent railroad company. Appellant, plaintiff below, sued respondent, defendant below, for damages in the sum of $195,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of a defective footboard on the rear of a tender of an engine. The case was based on the Federal Boiler Inspection Act. A trial resulted in a verdict for defendant. Appellant insists the judgment of the circuit court should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial because the trial court erred in the giving…