Legal Opinion
Bosher v. International Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 2, 1926PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
Motion to grant new trial on the ground that the verdict of the jury of $54,000 was grossly excessive.
The evidence shows that plaintiff, when injured, was 39 years of age, and his expectancy of life was nearly 29 years. His annual earnings amounted to $1,385.80, and his maintenance at the hospital and doctors’ bills amounted to $1,300.
He was horribly injured and suffered intense pain while at the hospital, and will continue to suffer discomfort and inconvenience, and perhaps more or less pain, as long as he lives. It is shown that one leg was severed *389in the collision…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Alabam Freight Lines v. ThevenotArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- United States v. City Nat. BankDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1939
- Cunningham v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1944
- Jennings v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1930
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