Kelley v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. From a judgment for the plaintiff, on a jury verdict for $24,636, the Great Northern Railway Company (hereinafter referred to as the railroad) appeals.

There is no contention that the evidence does not support a finding of liability against the railroad, but a new trial is sought, the appellant railroad urging excessive damages and'various trial errors.

Gerald D. Kelley (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff), 2 then an eighteen-year-old boy, went to work in the railroad’s shops in November, 1958. He developed contact dermatitis,…