Louisville N. R. Co. v. Hall

The plaintiff, while engaged in work, with others, as an employee of the defendant, a carrier engaged in interstate commerce, in attempting to break a large rock with dynamite, that obstructed the free passage of defendant's trains over the Warrior branch, received personal injuries which necessitated the amputation of one of his legs six inches above the knee. To recover damages for that injury, he brought this suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59), and recovered the judgment from which the defendant has appealed.

The complaint ascribed the injury to "the…