Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Thompson

Almand, Justice.

W. L. Thompson, an employee of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, filed a suit against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of the alleged negligence of his employer in failing to furnish him a safe place in which to work, as required under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A. § 51 et seq.). The specific charge of negligence was that it was necessary for the plaintiff, in making his entrance to and exit from the freight car in which he was working, to use a scaffold “located on the outside of said box car for this purpose…