Wright v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

PAUL TACKETT, District Judge.

On February 3, 1956, the plaintiff-appellee sued the defendant-appellant for $27,-500, plus costs, as damages for personal injuries, loss of time, pain and suffering, and medical expenses, alleged to have resulted proximately from the negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish the plaintiff with safe equipment and a safe place to work. Thereafter the plaintiff filed an amended complaint which was allowed by the court and prayed for damages in the sum of $65,000, on the same grounds.

By its answer the defendant denied negligence on its part and set forth as a…