Post-Trial Ruling Vacating $1 Million Award Affirmed By Mississippi Appeals Court

Mealey's (November 19, 2019, 9:07 AM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi appeals court on Nov. 5 affirmed a post-trial ruling vacating a $1 million award for future lost wages to a railroad employee who was injured in a two-vehicle accident on the job.  The appeals court concluded that there was insufficient evidence about his future work prospects to support the award (Arthur Young v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., No. 2018-CA-00498, Miss. App., 2019 Miss. App. LEXIS 544)....