Norwood v. Erie Railroad

Appellant, plaintiff below, filed his action for damages alleging.that during the course of his employment with appellee, a railroad corporation then and there operating a locomotive in interstate commerce, he received an injury to his left eye caused by the unlawful. operation of said locomotive, described as unsafe and dangerous, said injury resulting from the ejectment out of the stack thereof of a large, red-hot metal-bearing cinder which struck appellant’s left eye causing injuries which resulted eventually in the total loss of sight thereof. The complaint further alleged that under a…