Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Gay

RAWLS, Judge.

Appellant Railroad by appealing this wrongful death judgment in the sum of $80,000.00 rendered in favor of Appellee Gay submits two points for review, viz.:

1. The jury verdict and judgment is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence and justice of the cause.

2. The verdict of the jury and the judgment entered thereon is so grossly excessive as to shock the judicial conscience of the court.

*239Mrs. Jewell Larson Gay’s 12 year old daughter, while standing at a school bus stop located about 20 feet North of a railroad crossing, was killed when Appellant’s train collided with…