Sharp v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad

JAMES W. BROADDUS, Special Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendant railroads for damages for the wrongful death of her husband, Charles William Sharp under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq. Plaintiff is the admin-istratrix of deceased’s estate. She sought damages in the amount of $175,000. The jury returned a verdict for defendants and plaintiff has appealed.

Sharp was foreman of a crew of switch-men instructed on the night of May 3, 1957, to remove a string of cars standing on a track known as the “Converse Lead” and to connect that string of cars with an engine and…