Detroit, G. H. & M. Ry. Co. v. Maldonado

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of ap-pellee in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (tit. 45, U. S. C., e. 2, §§ 51-59 [45 USCA §§ 51-59]) to recover damages for persona] injuries. Appellant challenges the denial of a directed verdict in its favor.

On the date of the accident, appellee, a section laborer of nine years’ experience, was one of a section gang engaged in changing rails on appellant’s main line. The men took out a broken rail and transported it upon a car to a point opposite- an old rail pile upon which it was to be thrown. This pile was two or…