Roderick v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

HOLLINGSWORTH, Presiding Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, to recover damages in the sum of $91,024 for personal injuries resulting from dermatitis allegedly sustained by plaintiff through contact with sodium bichromate in a rust inhibitor used in the cooling system of diesel engines. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $45,000 and judgment was accordingly-entered. Defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled on condition plaintiff remit the sum of $30,000, which he did. The original judgment was set…