Greenwood v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff’s evidence tends to show that Greenwood was struck by moving freight cars while he was at work in the defendant’s employ clearing snow from a switch. He was aware that the cars were near him and likely to be moved, and had been told to look out for them. He was a man of considerable experience in this work and familiar with the locality. No one saw the accident, and there was no testimony as to how it happened. There was evidence that the weather was cold, windy, and somewhat stormy, and that fresh snow upon the track made the cars run with less noise than when the track was…