Williams v. Reading Co.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment n. o. v. entered against him on defendant’s motion pursuant to Rule 50,1 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., following a jury verdict in his favor. The question before us is whether the plaintiff adduced sufficient evidence to go to the jury on the issues of negligence of the defendant and its causal relation to the death of plaintiff’s decedent, Al Williams.2 Since all the *33operative facts occurred in Pennsylvania, and jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship, the law of Pennsylvania applies.

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