Goodman v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

DALTON, Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51, et seq.) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff for $16,000. On motion for new trial a remittitur of $3,-000 was required and made and judgment entered for plaintiff for $13,000. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff, a machinist, employed in defendant’s diesel shop in Kansas City was injured on July 9, 1954, when a heavy piston assembly fell and struck him on the back, right knee and ankle.…