Brewer v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The respondent in this case suffered a permanent injury to an eye. He had been employed for years to repair air brakes at the Phillipsburg yard of the defendant company. He had struck a bolt in the air brake mechanism of a coal car when a particle of steel dislodged by the blow caused his injury. The car he was repairing had come into the yard the day before in a defective condition. It was taken out of the train in which it had moved in interstate commerce and was placed upon the track where crippled ears were placed for repair. The next day the petitioner was instructed to make the repairs.…