Bonzik v. Delaware & Hudson R.

JOHNSON, District Judge.

These are six actions of trespass brought to recover damages for personal injuries and death alleged to have resulted from the wanton negligence of the defendant company in the operation of one of its freight trains in the Borough of Avoca, Pennsylvania, on July 23, 1933.

The six .suits were tried together before the court and a jury in November, 1936, when the jury unable to agree after deliberating two days, was discharged. Another trial was held in April, 1938, when the jury found for the plaintiffs awarding verdicts totalling $50,000.

The defendant has filed motions…