Seaboard System R.R., Inc. v. Coffee

ALMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff $1,554,-000 in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (“FELA”). Richard Coffee, an employee of Seaboard System Railroad, was injured as he stepped off Seaboard’s train onto prop*36erty owned and operated by the Jesse Mor-ie Sand Company (“Morie Sand”). The questions presented here are whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that any negligence by Morie Sand that proximately caused Coffee’s injury would be imputed to Seaboard and whether the damages awarded…