Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. Vickery

In his amended complaint, Charles Webb Vickery sued Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and Sperry Rail Service, a division of Automation Industries, Inc., to recover damages for personal injuries.

A jury of Mobile County rendered a verdict in favor of Vickery against L. & N. alone in the amount of $150,000. Judgment was in accord with the verdict.

After its motion for new trial was denied, L. & N. appealed to this court from the original judgment and from the judgment denying its motion for a new trial.

Vickery, a long-time employee of L. & N., was seriously injured on May 4, 1968, when a…