Washington v. Long Island Railroad

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant appeals: (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered March 14, 1960, after trial, on a jury’s verdict of $35,000 in favor of plaintiff; and (2) from an order of the same court, dated April 18, 1960, denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for the direction of judgment in its favor or for a new trial, pursuant to sections 457-a and 549' of the Civil Practice Act. Plaintiff was struck by defendant’s train after he had fallen to the tracks from the passenger platform at one of its stations. The…