Woodruff v. Pennsylvania Railroad

MR. PRESIDING- JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a Federal Employers’ Liability Act case, in which plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, entered on a not guilty verdict. The plaintiff, Roy P. Woodruff, employed as a signalman for the defendant railroad, seeks to recover for back injuries received when he fell from a signal pole, contending that the pole climbing equipment (leg irons) furnished him by defendant was not reasonably safe.

The principal question on appeal is whether prejudicial error was committed by the trial judge in admitting into evidence, as…