Howard v. Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment in a personal injury case upon a verdict of the jury finding defendant guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages at $50,000.

It was stipulated that at the time of the accident defendant was engaged in interstate commerce and transportation and in intrastate commerce and transportation and that plaintiff was then an employee of defendant and in the performance of his duties in interstate commerce. The complaint is based solely upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Federal Safety Appliance Act, and the right of action is predicated upon an alleged…