Adams v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

POWELL, J., Associate Judge.

Appellant, as plaintiff below, brought and tried this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, defendant moved for a directed verdict and the trial judge reversed ruling permitting the cause to go to the jury. The jury found for the plaintiff. Subsequent thereto, the appellee, who was defendant below, moved for the entry of a judgment in accordance with its motion for directed verdict, or in the alternative for a new trial. The motion contained a number of grounds, three of which are material, namely: (1) The…