Snyder v. American Car & Foundry Co.

This is an action for damages, in which Edward Snyder, plaintiff below, obtained a verdict in the sum of $15,000, for personal injuries suffered by him while employed by the defendant company. By an order of remittitur, with which plaintiff complied, his award of damages was reduced to $9,000, and, from the judgment for that amount, an appeal to this court has been perfected. (Two of the defendant company's foremen, Alfred Wenchel and Joseph Kellerhouse, were originally joined as defendants, but the trial court directed a verdict in their favor).

Plaintiff was employed as a painter at…