McPherson v. Oregon Trunk Railway

The plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant company, brought action under the federal employers’ liability act to recover for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in fading to provide the plaintiff with a reasonably safe and suitable place in which to work. The cause was tried to a jury and, from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, the defendant has appealed.

At the close of the trial, the defendant moved for a directed verdict upon the ground that the plaintiff had wholly failed to establish any of the negligent acts specified in the complaint.…