Edward Conway v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, Edward Conway v. Consolidated Rail Corporation

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

These are cross appeals following a jury verdict for the plaintiff in an FELA case. 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq. We need consider only the question of defendant’s liability. Plaintiff Conway was a conductor in the employ of defendant Consolidated Rail Corp., which supplied the services for a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Boston and New York. Plaintiff was injured assisting a female passenger to alight at Providence with what he described as a footlocker or suitcase. He, the only witness, stated this was “probably .. . four feet long and probably…