Bolch v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered July 9, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in switching cars.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action under the Federal employers’ liability act to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a member of a night switching crew in its yards at Tacoma. The crew consisted of a foreman, the plaintiff and another. On a night late in August or early in September, 1913, this crew was engaged in removing from the repair tracks, located at one end of the yard, repaired empty cars, leaving on the repair tracks other cars to await repair. The repaired cars were being taken over a lead track from the repair tracks to storage tracks at the other end of the yard,…
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