Santoro v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

HARTSHORNE, District Judge.

In this suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, U.S.C.A. Title 45, § 51 et seq., brought by plaintiff, defendant railroad’s crossing watchman, for silicosis alleged to have been suffered as a result of his employment by defendant, there was a verdict for defendant. Thereupon plaintiff moved for a new trial on the grounds: (1) that the verdict was so far against the weight of the evidence as to indicate passion, prejudice or mistake on the part of the jury, and that (2) the trial court erred in refusing one of plaintiff’s requests to charge, at conference…