Worthen v. Thomson

Edith Worthen, administratrix of the estate of Lyman A. Worthen, deceased, brought suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for the death of the intestate. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was denied, judgment was entered on the verdict, and plaintiff filed an appeal which was docketed in the October term of 1948. Since then the parties periodically stipulated for extensions of time for the filing of abstracts and briefs, and the cause was not ready for consideration until January 1951.

From the salient facts as…