Thomas J. Ricketson v. Seaboard Airline Railroad Company

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this Florida diversity personal injury suit the District Judge directed a verdict for defendant at the close of all of the evidence. We must determine whether the evidence was sufficient to require submission to the jury for its verdict. Being satisfied that reasonable men could differ as to the conclusions to be reached on the facts and that the case therefore should have been sent to the jury for its ultimate verdict, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Thomas J. Ricketson, appellant, employed as a bulldozer operator by Blocks Terminal on a dock owned and…