Legal Opinion
Wylie v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 12, 1996No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Amended judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and new trial granted. Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries he allegedly sustained when he attempted to operate a defective hand-operated switch while working as a conductor /brakeman at defendant’s Frontier Yard in Buffalo, New York. The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the sum of $4,031,926.
On appeal, defendant contends that reversal is required because Supreme Court made numerous errors in its evidentiary rulings, jury instructions and…
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