Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad v. Barker

Nunior David Barker (David), an infant suing by his father and next friend, Ornan E. Barker, and Ornan E. Barker, in proper person,1 filed motions for judgment against Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad seeking damages resulting from injuries David sustained when his foot was crushed beneath the wheel of a railroad car. The actions were consolidated for trial, and a jury returned verdicts for the railroad. Sustaining the plaintiffs’ motions, the trial court set the verdicts aside on the ground that one of the jurors had visited the scene of the accident and had conveyed certain…