Doyle v. St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Co.

This is an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act by an employee of defendant to recover against it damages for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor for $40,000, but as the court ordered a remittitur of $15,000 as a condition precedent to the overruling of defendant's motion for a new trial, plaintiff filed a remittitur in that sum, which resulted in the overruling of said motion. Thereupon judgment was entered for $25,000 in plaintiff's behalf, and defendant appealed.

The evidence adduced on behalf of plaintiff warrants the finding that the accident…