American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad

In June of 1959, Henry Lee Edwards, then 13 years of age, suffered a traumatic amputation of both legs when he stepped off a train which was operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (the Milwaukee), on the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (the Pennsylvania) and a subsidiary. In an action brought by American National Bank and Trust Company (American), guardian of the estate of Henry Lee Edwards, against the three railroad companies, the jury returned a general verdict against all three defendants in the amount of $275,000. Judgment was entered on the…