Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Lassiter
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The defendant in error recovered judgment for damages against the railroad company for personal injuries received by the running of a train while acting as yard switchman. A former judgment was *249reversed. Florida East Coast Ry. v. Lassiter, 58 Fla., 234, 50 South. Rep. 428. A grab-iron on a freight car broke while the plaintiff was holding on by it and he fell under the car which passed over his left foot crushing it.
The negligence alleged to have proximately caused the injury is that the railroad company “carelessly and negligently permitted one of the grab-irons and its fastenings and…
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