Minnesota Supreme Court, 1914

Snyder v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Snyder v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Minnesota Supreme Court · Decided September 25, 1914 · Cueiam
127 Minn. 518; 148 N.W. 617; 1914 Minn. LEXIS 932 (Minnesota Reports)

Snyder v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Pee Cueiam.

A verdict for $1,760, approved by tbe trial court, cannot be held excessive on appeal where the evidence was such that the jury might well find that plaintiff, a brakeman 37 years old in defendant’s employ, because of a defective grab-rod on a freight car was thrown from a moving train with such violence that he was rendered unconscious and, as a result, was under treatment in a hospital some 10 days and confined to his room longer; that he received such shock that a partial or incomplete hernia developed which can be cured only by an operation; that his back became lame and painful and so remained at the trial about five months after the injury; that his nervous system was affected and he is now subject to dizzy spells; that he, by reason of the injuries, had not been able to work since the accident and in all probability would be unable to so do for several months more; and that prior to the injury he was in good health and earning more than one hundred dollars a month.

Order affirmed.

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