Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. Richardson

McCALL, Justice.

The appellee, the plaintiff in the court below, recovered a judgment against the appellant railroad in the sum of $10,500, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-59. The railroad has appealed from this judgment and the order of the trial court overruling its motion for a new trial. The railroad’s first contention on this appeal is that the injury complained of by the appellee is purely subjective in nature, and there being no expert medical testimony tending to show the permanency of the alleged injury, the actuarial figures based on the mortality table…