BURCH v. READING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 13654.

140 F.Supp. 136 (1956)

Lucille H. BURCH v. READING COMPANY.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Nathaniel Richter, Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Richard P. Brown, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff has filed a motion for a new trial after the jury returned a verdict for defendant at the conclusion of a trial lasting three days in this suit brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.

At approximately 7 a. m. on a cold, clear, dry day in late November 1950, the plaintiff [a 55-year old widow weighing about 183 lbs. and about 5' 4½" tall, who had been working for the defendant railroad...

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