Case Name: RICHARD M. KNIGHT v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1915-07-16
Citations: 130 Minn. 537
Docket Number: Nos. 19,334—(220)
Parties: RICHARD M. KNIGHT v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 537–538

Head Matter:
RICHARD M. KNIGHT v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
July, 16, 1915.
Nos. 19,334—(220).
Injury to lbrakeman — damages not excessive.
Action for personal injury. Verdict for $6,000. Meld: Verdict not excessive. [Reporter.]
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000 for personal injury received while in the employ of defendant. The case was tried before Molyneaux, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $6,000. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
Affirmed.
Cobb, Wheelwright & Dille, C. M. Bracelen and M. L. Countryman, for appellant.
Stiles & Devaney, for respondent.
Reported in 153 N. W. 593.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The only question involved in this case is whether .the damages awarded to plaintiff are excessive. Plaintiff was a brakeman in the employ of defendant in its switching yards at Minneapolis. He was thrown from the top of a box car by reason of a defective brake rod, and received injuries of which he complains. The injuries were clearly stated by him on the trial, and the medical testimony was to the effect that all thereof might have resulted from his fall from the car. If as described by plaintiff the injuries actually exist, including the hernia or bulging at the rectum, the damages clearly are not excessive. Whether they exist in fact was an issue on the evidence for the jury. The trial court approved the verdict, and we discover no reason for interference. The contention of defendant that such claims of injury were utterly unworthy of credence, cannot be sustained. The evidence of plaintiff disclosed them, and it was for the trial court and jury to accept or reject them.
Order affirmed.