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RICHMOND, F. & P. R. CO. v. BROOKS

No. 11211.

197 F.2d 404 (1952)

RICHMOND, F. & P. R. CO. v. BROOKS.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G. Bowdoin Craighill, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Arthur Murray Preston and Richard H. Mayfield, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Bernard M. Savage, Baltimore, Md., with whom Mr. Alfred L. Bennett, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PROCTOR and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

A money judgment for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from an abnormally rough stop of a long freight train which threw plaintiff, appellee, across the floor of the caboose, was awarded to plaintiff in the District Court against appellant railroad. The questions on the appeal are whether the court erred (1) in submitting to the jury the issue whether the engineer was negligent, and, if so, (2) whether his negligence was a proximate cause...

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