Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Bender

McKAY, Justice.

Appellee brought this action against appellant under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident while he was working as an employee for the appellant. Appellee sustained injury when he jumped from a railroad car which was derailing at the Englewood Yard in Harris County, Texas. Trial was to a jury, and the jury found that the railroad had negligently failed to inspect a particular switch and that such failure to inspect was a proximate *570cause of appellee’s injury. The jury found further that the railroad had not failed…