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Grunenthal v. Long Island Railroad Co., 393 U.S. 156 (1968)
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Grunenthal v. Long Island Railroad Co., 393 U.S. 156 (1968)
Grunenthal v. Long Island Railroad Co. No. 35 Argued October 24, 1968 Decided November 18, 1968 393 U.S. 156
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Petitioner was awarded a jury verdict of $305,000 in damages in an action for a severe foot injury which he brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Having concluded that the relevant evidence weighed heavily in favor of the jury’s award, the trial court denied respondent railroad’s motion to set the award aside as excessive. On the railroad’s appeal the Court of Appeals, in accordance with Darello v. Long Island R. Co., 289 F.2d 797, limited its inquiry to determining whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying the railroad’s motion. The court made no detailed appraisal of the evidence bearing on damages, but found an abuse of discretion and ordered the District Court to grant the railroad a new trial unless petitioner agreed to remit $105,000 of the award.
Held: This Court makes its own independent appraisal, and concludes that there was no abuse of the trial court’s discretion in allowing the award to stand. Pp. 159-162.
388 F.2d 480, reversed and remanded.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Grunenthal v. Long Island Railroad Co., 393 U.S. 156 (1968), in 393 U.S. 156, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=34GSA9HNSIYSTC4.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Grunenthal v. Long Island Railroad Co., 393 U.S. 156 (1968). cited in 1968, 393 U.S. 156. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=34GSA9HNSIYSTC4.
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