Babcock v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

A jury found defendant guilty of negligence and awarded plaintiff, a seven-year nine-month-old boy, *925,000 for injuries sustained when defendant’s train severed his feet. On appeal, defendant contends that it did not receive a fair trial because of numerous trial errors. We agree and consequently, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Defendant has not presented us with any question concerning the factual basis for the jury’s verdict, and we, therefore, will only state those facts necessary for an understanding of our discussion of the various assigned errors. The injuries involved in this…