Medical evidence in railway accidents / by John Charles Hall.

  • John Charles Hall
Date:
1868
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Credit: Medical evidence in railway accidents / by John Charles Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter F. Compensation in Eailway Accidents. Railway Collision.—Heavy Damages against the Midland Railway Company.—The Verdict of the Special Jury at Leeds tested by a post mortem examination.—Verdict of the Coroner's Jury.—Resume, dc9 dc, dc. Case XVI. As these sheets were passing through the press, an action for compensation for injuries said to have resulted from a railway collision, was tried against the Midland Eailway Company, which certainly must be regarded as the most extraordinary ever brought in consequence of a railway accident. Mr. J. M. G., a commercial traveller, aged 62, April, 1867, was in a train of the Midland Company, which ran off the line at Methley. At the Leeds As- sizes, March, 1868, he brought an action against the Company, for damages for the severe injuries alleged to have been sustained. The case was stated by Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., with his usual pathos and ability, who told the jury that in consequence of the shock sustained, at that very moment, the sands of life were fast passing away, and that ere long his unfortu- nate client would be no more. The evidence for the plaintiff went to show that at the time of the accident he was driven backwards and forwards—he was so much hurt that he could not be removed for nine weeks ; yet it was shown by other evidence, and by the adroit cross-examination of his own witnesses, by Mr. William Overend, Q.C., who appeared for the Midland Eailway Company, that he got out of his carriage unassisted, bellowed with a
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