Jones v. New York Central Railroad

Pursuant to the Federal employers’ liability act, 45 TJSCA § 51 et seq., the plaintiff brought .suit against the defendant to recover damages for injuries he suffered on. October 7, 1962, while operating a switch in the defendant’s Jackson, Michigan, railyard. The plaintiff alleged that because of the failure of the defendant to maintain the switch in a reasonably safe condition, he sustained an injury to his neck and shoulder which aggravated a pre-existing injury.

■ Plaintiff had been employed by the defendant from 1953 until his injury, as a switchman, it being his function to operate…