Cotton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

JUDGE BARDENS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a $75,000 judgment rendered on a jury’s verdict in the City Court of East St. Louis in a personal injury action under the F. E. L. A., 45 U. S. C. A. See. 51 et seq., and the Federal Safety Appliance Act. The trial court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. This ruling together with alleged errors in the trial form the basis of defendant’s appeal.

Plaintiff, a resident of Kentucky, was injured while releasing the brakes on a freight car in defendant’s yards in Covington,…