Quinn v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Lees, C.

Action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained a verdict for $21,000, consented to a reduction of $5,000, and defend ant has appealed from an order denying its motion for a new trial. The sole question is whether the verdict as reduced is so excessive as to require a new trial unless plaintiff consents to a further reduction.

At the time of his injury, plaintiff was a switchman, 39 years old and earning $175 a month. While endeavoring to adjust a defective lock block in the coupler of a freight car, his left arm was caught between the couplers and badly crushed. The…