Steele v. Wiedemann Machine Co.

CLARY, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion for a new trial following a jury verdict in defendant’s favor. The action arose out of an injury suffered by plaintiff on August 21, 1953 while operating a turret punch press in the course of his employment at the Emsco Manufacturing Company in Houston, Texas. The press was manufactured by the defendant. After suit was instituted in this Court on grounds of diversity, Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, the employer’s compensation carrier intervened as an additional plaintiff under provisions of the Texas Workmen’s Compensation…