Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company v. Cade

WILSON, Justice.

Excessiveness- of a $79,000 verdict is the chief complaint in this FELA case. Liability findings are not challenged.

Plaintiff’s age was 45 at the time of the alleged injury. Fie had been continuously employed by the railroad as a track laborer for sixteen years. His previous employment record shows he had lost no appreciable work time. Although he had completed only the third grade in school, his wages had increased to $2 per hour. Previously his earnings were about $4,000 per year. Hospitalization directed by the railroad company was followed by an attempt to work for ten…