Vandaveer v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.

Defendant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, appeals from a $40,000 judgment entered on a jury verdict, in a case brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA, 45 USCA, 51), assigning as error the court’s denial of the post-trial motion, which prayed for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and in the alternative a new trial.

The plaintiff, Gladys Vandaveer, was a 37-year-old married woman, who, since she was 18 years old, had been employed by The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company (Nickel Plate) in various capacities, and who on November 30,1961, successfully…