SEABOARD COAST LINE RD. CO. v. Brown

297 So.2d 843 (1974)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant,

v.

Thomas C. BROWN and Cargill, Inc., Appellees.

No. 73-911.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 24, 1974.

Michael N. Brown of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, for appellant.

H. Vance Smith of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees.

MANN, Chief Judge.

Brown, an employee of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, sued his employer after a boxcar door fell on his legs, alleging that the injury occurred "by reason of the negligence of the defendant and its violation of the Federal…