Willis v. Wabash Railroad Company

COIL, Commissioner.

Omer E. Willis, a railroad fireman, and plaintiff below, had a verdict for $30,000 in his action under the F.E.L.A., 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq., for damages for alleged personal injuries sustained when he fell from the catwalk of a diesel engine. Wabash Railroad Company, defendant below, has appealed from' the judgment for $22,-000 entered after an $8,000 remittitur. Wabash contends that .the trial court erred: in failing to direct a defendant’s verdict; in giving and refusing instructions; and in restricting defendant’s, and in failing to restrict plaintiff’s,…