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SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. JACKSON

No. 332.

375 U.S. 837 (1963)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. JACKSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Bloch for petitioner. T.J. Lewis and T.J. Lewis, Jr. for respondent.

Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

Respondent Jackson brought a diversity action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia claiming damages from the railroad for personal injuries. The trial judge charged the jury under the applicable Georgia comparative negligence statute* that if the plaintiff had been himself negligent, though less so than the defendant, his...

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