Poindexter v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Plaintiff’s intestate; Harry Poindexter, was in the employ of defendant as car inspector and light repair man in its switchvard at Terre Haute, Indiana. Oh the morning of November 4'. 1922, while he was standing in an open space between two freight cars on one of its tracks, engaged in repairing á coupler, defendant’s servants, negligently it is alleged, kicked two other cars in .on the same track and against' the string of cars on one side of the open space, causing them to run over him. His death instantly followed. Re- spoñdent seeks a recovery under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. .…