Willie Turner v. Southern Railway Company

This appeal arises out of a diversity action against the Southern Railway Company for damages resulting from personal injuries to Willie Turner and an action by his wife for loss of consortium caused by those injuries which were consolidated for trial under Rule 42, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Turner, but returned a verdict in favor of the railroad in the consortium action. The district court denied the railroad’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in the action brought by the husband and granted Mrs. Turner’s motion for a judgment…