Roy Adamsen v. Asbury Transportation Company, a Corporation

JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

Appellant (plaintiff below) a citizen of the State of Oregon, instituted suit in the district court against appellee (defendant below), a California corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in a railroad crossing collision when a passenger train on which he was a passenger collided with appellee’s tank truck and tank trailer which was crossing the railroad tracks. Jurisdiction of the district court was properly invoked under Title 28 U. S.C. § 1332.

Following trial to a jury, a general verdict was returned in favor of appellee…