Dale Ross v. Great Northern Railway Company, a Corporation

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued appellee in two causes of action for serious personal injuries. The first cause of action was based on the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §§ 5 and 51 et seq.), herein sometimes referred to as “F.E.L.A.” The second cause of action was a common law action for negligence. Both were submitted to a jury, which found, in answers to special interrogatories: That Great Northern Railway was negligent; that such negligence was a proximate cause of appellant’s fall and injuries; that Spokane International Railroad was not negligent; that appellant…