Reap v. Hines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by James J. Reap against Walker D. Hines, as Agent of the United States Railroad Administration'(Lehigh Valley Railroad Company), under the federal Employers’ Liability Act, to recover damages for personal injuries. There was a judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
On May» 15, 1919, the plaintiff in error was employed by the defendant in error as a brakeman at or near Coxton, state of Pennsylvania. He suffered a severe injury by being thrown from a car which was being taken out of the classification yard of the railroad company. He had been engaged for four or five months prior to the date of his accident in this yard. His duty was, with other members of the crew, to ride upon cars in making up trains in this yard. This we'k was called classification, and consisted of pushing strings of cars along tracks in the classification yard…
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