Radler v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

Plaintiff in this suit seeks to recover damages, from defendant railroad company, for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained, as the result of a fall from a railroad box-car and of the car passing over his body, severing his right arm. At a trial in the circuit court, plaintiff received a judgment in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Defendant appealed.

Plaintiff's cause of action was based on a violation, by defendant, of the Federal Safety Appliance Act. It is conceded on this appeal that plaintiff, at the time he received the injuries complained of, was engaged…