Southern Pacific Co. v. Gastelum

In this action Diego Gastelum seeks to recover from the Southern Pacific Company, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Law (45 U. S. C. A., §§51-59), damages suffered by him as a result of an injury received while discharging his duty as an employee of that company. He won a verdict for $1,500 and was awarded judgment in that sum, but feeling this inadequate moved for a new trial of the amount of damages alone. The defendant likewise moved for a new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but the coiirt denied both of its motions and at the same time announced that plaintiff’s…