Jablonowski v. United States

GRIM, Senior District Judge.

Following an adverse verdict in the sum of $100,000 in this Federal Tort Claims Act case, the government defendant has filed motions for judgment in its favor or a new trial as well as motions to amend the findings of this court which sat without a jury.

Plaintiff was injured while helping to unload a railroad boxcar containing a cargo of heavy wooden-crated steel lockers. The lockers were packaged in crates which were 89y¿" high, 36%," wide and 6Yz" deep. Each crate weighed 278 pounds. In loading the boxcar, some of the crates were placed flat on their 89 by 36^4"…