Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hughes

In this appeal, we consider whether the evidence was sufficient to support a jury ve; diet in favor of the plaintiff in an action filed under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (F.E.L.A.), 45 U.S.C. §§51 through 60. Bobby Joe Hughes filed this action against his former employer, Norfolk and Western Railway Company. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of Hughes in the amount of $800,000. Norfolk and Western filed a motion to set the verdict aside on the basis that the evidence failed to show that Norfolk and Western was negligent. The trial court denied the…