Watkins v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of ti-ie Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellant, whom we shall call the plaintiff, sought a judgment against the defendant for $2,500.00 for an injury to his right eye. At the close of his evidence, the court instructed the jury peremptorily to find for the defendant, and the plapitiff has appealed.

While working for the defendant in Breathitt county, on February 9, 1922, the plaintiff was struck above his right eye by a piece of steel which flew from a hammer which was being used by the defendant’s assistant foreman, Ed. Starr. This sliver of steel doesn’t seem to have…