Marinko v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Ry. Co.

This action is brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) to recover $5,000 damages for injuries claimed to have been received by plaintiff while employed as a bridge carpenter and helper by the defendant, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company, in the maintenance and upkeep o-f its bridges. Plaintiff, as well as the other workmen, traveled and lived' in bunk cars furnished by the defendant. On June 9, 1931, the bridge crew was ordered to proceed from Regent, N. D., to Mobridge, S. D'., to repair a bridge. The weather was stormy, the train heavy,…